 
            World War II
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              Fallen
          
  
      
      
  		                        
              
  		  			Fallen
          County:
            
Nelson
      Date of Loss:
            
      
Recovered:
      
              
  
Remains not recovered
          Branch of Service: 
            
    		                  Navy
      Rank:
            
Aviation Radioman
      
            Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
            
USS Yorktown
      
          
            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 in Yap Island
Biography:
            
born Michigan, ND 6 Mar 22; resident Nelson County, ND; entered US Navy Seattle, WA 2 Sep 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 27 Jul 44 Yap Island; memorialized in Perris Valley Cemetery, Perris, CA.
