Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portland, Oregon
Honored By
Cpo. John D. Bergeson
WORKED AT ALBINA SHIPYARD BUILDING NAVY PC AND YO SHIPS. THEN ENTERED THE NAVY IN JUNE 1943. AFTER BOOT CAMP, ATTENDED NAVY ELECTRONICS SCHOOL. THEN TO PC-1084 ESCORTING CONVOYS IN THE ATLANTIC UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. ENTERED THE U.S. COAST GUARD IN 1947; SERVED UNTIL 1962.