Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cedar Vale, Kansas
Honored By
Clyde Hatcher
Inducted October 11, 1943. Served as Ship's Cook aboard the USS Ross DE-563 and the USS Bivin DE-536. Completed two tours of the Pacific 1944-1945. Awarded WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four stars, Philippine Liberation Campaign Medal with two stars. Honorably discharged May 8, 1946.