Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cedaredge, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: ELECTRICIAN MATE 1ST CLASS. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY IN 1944 AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO. SERVED ABOARD SHIP IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS: SAIPAN, MARSHALL ISLANDS, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. SERVED WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN WHEN ALL HOSTILITIES HAD CEASED WITH THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES.