Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Bird Island, Minnesota
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 3 JUNE 1943. SERVED AS ORDNANCEMAN WITH HEADQUARTERS, SQUADRON 53, MARINE NIGHT FIGHTER GROUP 53, 3RD MARINE AIR WING, FLEET MARINE FORCE, CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, THEN WITH SERVICE SQUADRON 11, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 11, 4TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, FLEET MARINE FORCE IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS.