Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norwich, Kansas
Honored By
William A.A. Gawthrop
Relationship
Son
SERVED ABOARD THE ATTACK TRANSPORT USS MARATHON, PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS 1943-1945. NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR HEROISM, 22 JULY 1945, OKINAWA, AFTER THE MARATHON WAS TORPEDOED.