Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dubuque, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, ABOARD USS GUNASON DE-795, SUBMARINE CHASER TRAINING CENTER MIAMI, FLORIDA, USS SC-1322 AND USS GUNASON DE-795. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.