Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Alton, Illinois
Honored By
Fred J. Haegele
SERVED ON THE USS BEATTY DD-640, SUNK NOVEMBER 6, 1943. 1 YEAR SHORE DUTY IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEN WENT ON A SEA GOING TUG, THE USS UMPQUA UNTIL 1945.