Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Toledo, Ohio
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Upon graduation from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois in 1944, he began his service on LSTs. He was engaged in campaigns in the South Pacific serving on several LSTs. He was stationed at the forward U.S. Naval Operating Base on Eniwetok Island, established after the U.S. forces successfully captured the Marshall Island chain. He was discharged in 1946.