Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lodi, Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
Relationship
None
ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE IN AUGUST 1941 AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN. SERVED ABOARD THE USS CURTISS AS A MESS COOK. WAS ON BOARD ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED AND BECAME AN AMMUNITION PASSER TO AID THE GUNNERS.