Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kennebec, South Dakota
Honored By
Jerome Zastrow
Relationship
Son
SERVED ON BOARD USS MURPHY DD-603 AS A SHIPFITTER FROM APRIL 1945 TO MARCH 1946. WHILE ONBOARD USS MURPHY WAS IN BOTH THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND THE NORTH PACIFIC. WAS ONBOARD WHEN THE USS MURPHY WAS AT ANCHOR IN JAPANESE HOME WATERS WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED.