Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Milliken, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Aviation Radioman Third Class. Inducted into the United States Navy from Colorado, with recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Station San Diego, California. Upon his graduation from boot camp, he was transferred to an unknown U.S. Navy Warship for duty. Sunday, November 14, 1943 he was reported missing in action or buried at sea Location: Pacific Theater of Operations. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.