Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Montrose, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: SEAMAN 1ST CLASS. HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1944; TRAINED AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO, U.S. NAVAL BASE ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA AND THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD THE REFRIGERATOR CARGO SHIP, USS GRAFFIAS AF-29 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED SEPTEMBER 16, 1946.