Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sandusky, Ohio
Honored By
Grandchildren and Family
HE SIGNED UP AS A YEOMAN IN 1944. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS AT THE CLEVELAND, OHIO MEPS (MILITARY ENLISTMENT PROCESSING CENTER). AFTERWARDS HE SERVED THROUGHOUT OHIO IN SANDUSKY, MANSFIELD, BACK TO CLEVELAND, THEN TO SHUMACHER, CALIFORNIA AND PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. HE FINISHED HIS TOUR HONORABLY AS A YN1 AND RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN.