Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oberlin, Ohio
Honored By
William Clapp
Relationship
Son
CHIEF ENGINEER ON A TORPEDO BOAT, PT 247. ALSO SWEPT FOR MINES PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN INVASION OF OKINAWA AND HE WAS IN TOKYO HARBOR WHEN GENERAL MACARTHUR ACCEPTED THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1945. BRONZE STAR (2), AN ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, NAVAL SERVICE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND A WWII VICTORY MEDAL.