Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Watertown, South Dakota
Honored By
Dr. S. W. Allen
FORCED TO SURRENDER WITH U.S. FORCES ON MINDANAO WHEN PHILIPPINES FELL IN 1942, SUFFERED IN JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS MINDANAO AND LUZON UNTIL OCTOBER 24, 1944. PERISHED WHEN THE JAPANESE PRISON SHIP HE WAS ON EN ROUTE TO JAPAN WAS SUNK BY U.S. FORCES.