KILLED IN ACTION - HE DIED DURING TAKE OFF FOR THE MISSION, THE PB4Y-1 CRASHED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY FROM CLARK FIELD, ON 7/9/1945.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 104 (VPB-104)
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
* NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL