Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paonia, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: ELECTRICIAN’S MATE 2ND CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY IN 1941 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 NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.