Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Davenport, Iowa
Honored By
James H. Fluker
Relationship
Friend
Enlisted September 16, 1940 and served on battleship USS West Virginia BB-48. Was reported killed in attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Then family received a letter from him stating 'I still have my skin unpunctured'. Retired from the Navy 20 years later.