Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Muskegon, Michigan
Honored By
Russel Paquin
ABOARD USS BROWNSON DD-518 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. ON DECEMBER 25, 1943 IT WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE PLANE AT CAPE GLOUSTER, NEW BRITAIN. WOUNDED AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL AND AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDALS.