Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Mayville, Wisconsin
Honored By
Mrs. Arthur Ritterbusch
Relationship
Sister
Served in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Entered Marines on February 22, 1944. Boot training at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California. Overseas November 1944. Landed on Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands on April 1, 1945 and was wounded April 6. Sent to Fleet Hospital on Guam. Returned to Okinawa on May 15, wounded again on May 25, 1945. Died 9:12 p.m., May 28, 1945.