Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Columbia City, Indiana
Honored By
Kristin Tamara Rigg
Relationship
Granddaughter
IN MARCH 1944 HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AFTER ATTENDING HARVARD NAVAL SCHOOL IN BOSTON. HE SERVED ABOARD THE APA-55 USS WINDSOR, AN ATTACK TRANSPORT SHIP, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING WWII. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN MARCH 1946.