County:
            
Mercer
      Date of Loss:
            
      
Branch of Service: 
            
    		                  Navy
      Rank:
            
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
      
            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:
            
Died in service in Brooklyn, New York
Biography:
            
born Sarata, Romania 12 Dec 20; resident Mercer County, ND; entered US Navy Great Lakes, Ill 17 May 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 5 Feb 45 Brooklyn, NY; buried in Grave 1, GAR Section; Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Newberg, Ore,