Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Verdon, Nebraska
Honored By
Lisa Hartter Suhr
Relationship
Granddaughter
Inducted into the U.S. Navy on October 24, 1942. Served as a torpedoman on the USS Archer-Fish, reaching rank of Torpedoman Second Class and receiving an honorable discharge on October 20, 1945. Recipient of Presidential Unit Citation for the Archer-Fish's sinking of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, on November 28, 1944 near Tokyo Bay.