Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Everett, Washington
Honored By
Ms. Lois Moe
Bremerton, Washington, USS St. Miheil AP-32, Submarine Chaser. Training Center, Miami, Florida, Receiving Station, Navy 131st, Naval Training Station (NTS), Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Virginia, USS Steele DE-8, Naval Operating Base (NOB) Hospital, Number 7, Receiving Station, Espiritu Santo, USS Charles Ausburne DD-570, USS Dixie AD-14, U.S. Naval Hospital, Seattle, Washington. Received Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces during the Solomon Islands Campaign.