World War II
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Fallen

County:
Oliver

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Yoeman 3rd Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
USS Johnston

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 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.