AS
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Rank
- Coxswain
- Unit
- NRS, Columbus, Ohio; NTS, Great Lakes, Illinois; PhibTraBase, Little Creek, Virginia; USS LSM 177; USS LSM 91; R/S Brooklyn, New York; USS Vogelgesang; US Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 04/19/1944 – 08/07/1946
- Date of Birth
- 04/17/1927
- Date of Death
- 11/24/1998
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal
- Burial Location
- Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Kennewick, Washington
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- Okinawa
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- Church
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
Overseas service: Okinawa. Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #5705126; enlisted 04/19/1944, discharged 08/07/1946; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND, p. 171, lists active service dates as 1943-1945; Certificate of Honorable Discharge lists place of birth as Union County, Ohio
Source: Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 366-367; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 171 | Ancestry - Find A Grave, Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File