Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Hatfield, Wisconsin
Honored By
John M. Dahlen
ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS IN 1941. WAS A MEMBER OF CARLSON'S RAIDERS, SEEING ACTION IN THE PACIFIC. AFTER THE WAR, HE LEFT THE MILITARY BUT RETURNED IN 1948, ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTIONS IN KOREA.