Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Royal Oak, Michigan
Honored By
Jack F. Bentley
SERVED IN U.S. NAVY OCTOBER 1943 TO MAY 1946. WAS ABOARD THE USS CHENANGO, SQUADRON 25, TORPEDO BOMBER. SHOT DOWN OVER ISHIGAKI SHIMA. PICKED UP BY THE SUBMARINE USS BLUEFISH SS-222. RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH GOLD STAR AND NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION.