Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Honored By
Mary Bartraw
Relationship
Wife
Served with 2nd Division. Joined in 1941; trained in Camp Pendleton, California. Sent overseas and fought at Tulagi; then, Guadalcanal; wounded on Tarawa. Recovered in Hawaii; then, on to Saipan and Tinian; wounded again at Saipan. Rest and recuperation in New Zealand. Sent back to Pendleton in 1944 and worked a desk job until discharge on December 25, 1945.