Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tipton, Indiana
Honored By
Ted Petryszyn
Relationship
CVSR Friend
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. SURVIVED A KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND WHILE SERVING IN THE PACIFIC AGAINST THE JAPANESE. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO AN ATTACK PERSONNEL DESTROYER AND LATER SERVED WITH THE NAVAL BASE POLICE ON SAIPAN. PROUDLY SERVED FROM MARCH 1943 TO APRIL 1947.