Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grand Junction, Colorado
Honored By
Bend Heroes Foundation
AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE F 2ND CLASS E-5, ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON 9 AUGUST 1943 IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. HE SERVED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER (SEA PLANES) WITH NAVY SQUADRONS VPMB-11 AND VPB-21, ATTACHED TO VARIOUS SEAPLANE TENDERS THAT OPERATED AS SUB PATROLS IN THE ATLANTIC (USA), OFF CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA. HIS AWARDS RECEIVED INCLUDED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.