Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Princeton, Wisconsin
Honored By
Kasierski-Kozlowski
ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 6, 1942. SENT ON SEA DUTY OVERSEAS APRIL 26, 1942. SHIP WAS SUNK OFF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA SEPTEMBER 10, 1942. PICKED UP BY JAPANESE AUTHORITIES AND SENT TO A PRISON CAMP ON JAVA. DIED WHILE AT SEA ON JUNE 24, 1944. TRANSPORT SHIP WAS SUNK OFF KYUSHU, JAPAN AS HE WAS BEING TRANSFERRED BY THE JAPANESE FROM HIS JAVA PRISONER OF WAR CAMP TO A CAMP IN JAPAN.