World War II
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action when the plane he was in was shot down by the Japanese. 

Biography:

born Dickinson, ND 21 Apr 17; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 15 Nov 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 14 Oct 42 Pacific Area; memorialized in the Court of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii