Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Marysville, Kansas
Honored By
William M. Grauer
Relationship
Son
STATIONED ON THE USS BELKNAP APD-34 FROM JUNE 11, 1944 TO JANUARY 11, 1945. HE WAS A GUNNER'S MATE AND OPERATED A 50 CAL. MACHINE GUN. THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE AND SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING ACTION IN THE LINGAYEN GULF INVASION. THE SHIP RECEIVED 2 BATTLE STARS DURING HIS TIME ABOARD.