Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Rupert, Idaho
Honored By
A Grateful American
ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS IN 1943. SERVED AT THE U.S. NAVAL RADIO STATION IN POINT LOMA. HIS MILITARY SERVICE TOOK HIM TO THE PACIFIC, WHERE HE WAS STATIONED AT GUAM AND SAW ACTION ON IWO JIMA. HE ALSO SERVED BRIEFLY IN CHINA AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.