Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Evansville, Wisconsin
Honored By
G. Holcomb
SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER 1942 TO JANUARY 1946 AND PARTICIPATED IN TROOP SUPPLY ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH AFRICAN FROM 1942 TO 1944. LATER IN 1944, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS BOXER. WAS ALSO STATIONED IN TSING-TAO, CHINA AND WAS IN TOKYO BAY WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED.