Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ferndale, Michigan
Honored By
Jack W. Cooley Lown
Relationship
Cousin
AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED AS A CREW CHIEF ON A PATROL BOMBER IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, WAS WOUNDED ON A MISSION SCOUTING THE JAPANESE FORCES AT SEA AND DIED OF HIS WOUNDS AT A NAVAL HOSPITAL. WAS DECORATED POSTHUMOUSLY BY ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ.