Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fall Creek, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
SERVED AS A BOILERMAKER ABOARD THE DESTROYER, USS WARRINGTON DD-383 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER AND LATER TRANSFERRED, ALONG WITH HIS SHIP TO THE ATLANTIC THEATER. KILLED IN ACTION, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1944 WHEN HIS SHIP ENCOUNTERED A HURRICANE AND WENT DOWN. HE IS MEMORIALIZED AT THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST MEMORIAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.