Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Battle Creek, Michigan
Honored By
J. Addington Wagner
Skipper of USS LCI(R) 1069. Served first at Ford Naval Training School Dearborn, Michigan. Picked up ship at Dafoe Shipyard, Bay City, Michigan. Took it through Great Lakes, Illinois river to Lockport, Illinois and Mississippi River to New Orleans through Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor. Converted to 5' rockets for close in fire support on invasions to Tokyo Bay. Hit at Okinawa. Released to inactive duty, Great Lakes, Illinois.