Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Appleton, Wisconsin
Honored By
Wayne Rowan
AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, HE WAS SENT OVER TO SAIPAN. FROM THERE TO LAND ON OKINAWA ON APRIL 1, 1945. WAS KILLED BY A JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANE ON THE USS HINSDALE IN EARLY HOURS OF THE BATTLE.