Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Bird City, Kansas
Honored By
Hulda Dorsch Preside
FIRST COMBAT DUTY WAS ON TARAWA, THEN ON TO SAIPAN AND TINIAN. HIS FINAL COMBAT DUTY ON OKINAWA, WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN BATTLE ON JUNE 9, 1945 AFTER 33 MONTHS OF SERVICE.