Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cut Bank, Montana
Honored By
Roy S. Zuelke
JOINED THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE, APRIL 1943. DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 1946. SERVED ON THE USS GUADALCANAL CVE-60, ANTI-SUBMARINE TASK GROUP 22.3 FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. TOOK PART IN THE CAPTURE OF THE U-505 GERMAN SUBMARINE ON JUNE 4, 1944 OFF THE COAST OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA. BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM. HIS UNIT ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BOARDING BY THE U.S. NAVY SINCE 1815. DECEASED FEBRUARY 9, 2002.