Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Delta, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: COXSWAIN. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY IN OCTOBER 1942; TRAINED AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD SHIP IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES: PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OKINAWA, BRUNEI BAY AND BORNEO. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945.