Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pendleton, Indiana
Honored By
Yorktown Middle School
SERVED ON DESTROYER IN JUNE 1940; IT WAS SUNK ON OCTOBER 26, 1942. SERVED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FORCES FROM 1943 TO 1946; WAS ADMIRAL'S WRITER FOR 2 YEARS AND TOOK TROOPS INTO JAPAN TWICE.