Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cedaredge, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: MOTOR MACHINIST’S 3RD CLASS. ENTERED THE NAVY OCTOBER 1944 AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD SHIP IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.