Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A FIREMAN 2ND CLASS ABOARD THE USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMAN LOST AT SEA.