Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Honored By
G. Holcomb
ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1944 AND SERVED UNTIL JUNE 1946. SAW ACTION IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE AMERICAN AREA RIBBON.