The United States Navy Memorial

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Deceased

Rate/Rank
MSGT

Service Branch

USMC 00/0000 - 5/1945

Born 10/18/1921

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

LOST AT SEA

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 235 (VMSB-235)

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

AIR MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL

MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS

NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL

MARINE CORPS PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION

COMBAT ACTION RIBBON

PURPLE HEART

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

SERVICE MEMORIES

GEORGE WAS KIA ON THE MISSION TO RABAUL WHEN THE PLANE WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED ON MAY 1, 1944.