World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
McLean
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
R3C
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
USS Ommaney Bay
Listed on/in the:
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
Killed in Action by Japanese Suicide Plan while aboard the USS Ommaney Bay in Asiatic Theatre. (Source: Service Record WWI and WWII Garrison Community ND)
Biography:
Inducted into Navy Reserves-May 1943. Trained at Farragut, Idaho; San Francisco, California. Embarked March 1944.
Serviced in Asiatic Theatre.
Engagements-Battle of Leyte.
Medals Earned: Victory Medal; Asiatic Theatre Ribbon; American Campaign Medal; Purple Heart (Posthumously)
Rating-Radioman 3/C
Served 1 year, 9 months.