Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Eckerty, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
Enlisted on 23 October 1940 at Evansville, Indiana. Recruit training at Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Assigned July, 1941 to 1st Marine Battalion 5th Marines Company D, at Quantico, Virginia. April, 1942, assigned to Second Marine Raider Battalion, Company C, 'Carlson's Raiders'. June 4 to 6, 1942, fought on Midway Island. August 17 and 18, 1942, fought on Makin Atoll. November and December, 1942, fought on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. November 1, 1943, landed on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, where he lost his life. Rank of Corporal.