Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Kennedy, Minnesota
Honored By
Mary Ziegler Suess
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED IN 1943. FOUGHT AT IWO JIMA WITH THE 5TH AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR BATTALION, 1021ST PLATOON, U.S. MARINE CORPS OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH STAR AND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION RIBBON WITHOUT STAR WHILE SERVING WITH THE 5TH AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR BATTALION BY MAJOR G.L. SHEAD.