Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Keokuk, Iowa
Honored By
Squadron
SERVED AS CO-PILOT OF PB4Y-2 PATROL BOMBERS OF NAVY SQUADRON VPB-119, OPERATING OUT OF CLARK FIELD, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. KILLED IN ACTION 1 MAY 1945 WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA.