Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Lodi, California
Honored By
A Grateful Kansan
Following graduation from Lodi Union High School in 1942, he enlisted in the United States Maritime Service. After several tours of duty in the South Pacific, he enrolled in the United States Maritime School in Alameda, California. He completed the course with the rating of Ensign in 1944 and continued sailing as a Third Engineer until the end of the war.