Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	321 35 31
Birth Date	October 1, 1920
From	Grinnell, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
Date of Death	February 12, 1945
Location	Tobata - Fukuoka #3 Prisoner of War Camp
Circumstances	Died of Croup Pneumonia
Remarks	Some sources list him as a Coxswain, and his date of death as April 12, 1945.

Photo courtesy of Monique Shore, Drake Community Library, via Norm Rutan. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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