Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Omaha, Nebraska
Honored By
Diana Zettlemoyer
Relationship
daughter
DATES OF SERVICE: AUGUST 18, 1940 TO AUGUST 16, 1946. RADIOMAN 1ST CLASS SERVING ON THE USS DETROIT, USS DIXIE, USS WHITNEY, USS FLUSSER, AND USS COMSTOCK. WAS A FLAG RADIOMAN WHILE SERVING ON ADMIRAL DRAMMEL'S STAFF ON THE DETROIT, DIXIE, AND WHITNEY. WAS ABOARD THE USS WHITNEY DURING THE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR; DECEMBER 7, 1941. MOST OF THE OPERATIONS WHEN HE WAS ABOARD THE USS FLUSSER WAS WITH THE 7TH FLEET IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. SAW ACTION IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITIAN, BORNEO, AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.