Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Roseburg, Oregon
Honored By
PL
Enlisted in the navy in July, 1943 as part of the v-7 navy program. commissioned as an ensign on December 21, 1943, after officer training at the U.S. naval reserve midshipmen school at Annapolis, Maryland. assigned to USS Mimosa(AN-26) that operated in the vicinity of Tinian and Saipan during 1944 and 1945.