Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lehigh, Iowa
Honored By
VFW Post 11242
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AND WAS ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS WAR SHIPS INCLUDING THE USS SAVO ISLAND, CV-7; USS NORTH HAMPTON, CA-26; USS BOSTON. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BATTLES OF MIDWAY, TASSAFARONGA (IN WHICH HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY TWO TORPEDOES), LEYTE GULF, OKINAWA. HE SERVED ON WARSHIPS DURING MOST OF THE PACIFIC BATTLES. THE USS SAVO ISLAND EARNED THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FOR ITS ACTION IN A BATTLE OFF SARNAR ISLAND.