Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Honored By
Karen Cole Swan
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN U.S. MARINE CORPS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, LATER PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA; THEN ASSIGNED TO SECOND MARINE DIVISION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. IN JULY OF 1945 LEFT FOR OKINAWA THEN ON TO SAIPAN UNTIL THE SURRENDER. IN SEPTEMBER 1945 HE WENT TO NAGASAKI UNTIL DECEMBER 1945.