
World War II
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Fallen
Circumstances:
Killed in action off the Samar Islands
Biography:
born Ottercreek, NDak 27 Mar 24; resident Oliver County, NDak; entered US Navy Farragut, Idaho 4 Jun 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 26 Oct 45 Samar Islands; remains not recovered; memorialized in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, ND and on the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.