Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dixon, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVY ACADEMIC REFRESHER UNIT (V-5), MONMOUTH COLLEGE, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS; NAVY V-12 UNIT, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN; NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA; PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING, NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; NAVAL AIR TRAINING BASES; ADVANCE FLIGHT TRAINING, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; UTILITY SQUADRON THREE AND UTILITY SQUADRON NINE. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.