Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Crawford, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY IN 1941; TRAINED AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC THEATER, SOUTH AMERICAN THEATER AND THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS STATIONED ON GUAM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR.