Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Duluth, Minnesota
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING IN IDAHO, THEN STATIONED IN WASHINGTON STATE AT BREMERTON, THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT SEATTLE, AND WHIDBEY ISLAND. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.