Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sioux City, Iowa
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1942. SERVED IN BOTH THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS. CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RATE OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER.