Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Owatonna, Minnesota
Honored By
Charles Cashman
RECEIVED PURPLE HEART MEDAL FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AGAINST JAPAN. SERVED ON USS HOPPING APD-51. HIT BY JAPANESE SHORE BATTERIES FROM SMALL ISLAND JUST OFF OKINAWA; WON; NOW BUCKNER BAY, APRIL 9, 1945. RETIRED BY THE NAVY IN APRIL 1946.