Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oakland, California
Honored By
Mrs. Shirley Hansen
Relationship
Daughter
PARTICIPATED IN MURMANSK RUN AND INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. SERVED ABOARD THE USS ROWAN, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND LOST AT SEA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1943. HE WAS ONE OF 70 SURVIVORS. SECURITY FORCE IN POSTWAR JAPAN.