Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Streling Heights, Michigan
Honored By
Dennis A. Steenbergen
Relationship
Friend
HE WAS A FIREMAN SECOND CLASS ON THE USS LCS (L) 49 WHICH WAS SUNK ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. THE SHIP WAS SUNK IN MARIVELES BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 25 OF HIS SHIPMATES WERE LOST. HE EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL; ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL; AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; COMBAT ACTION RIBBON AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL.