Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Crawford, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
ENTERED THE NAVY FEBRUARY 1944 AND RECEIVED HIS MEDICAL TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND LATER SERVED AS A PHARMACIST IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS: ADMIRALTIES AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED A NAVY UNIT CITATION, NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER 1945.