- Branch of Service
- Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- First Marine Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 05/29/1943 – 02/25/1946
- Date of Birth
- 09/09/1924
- Date of Death
- 11/26/2013
- Hometown
- Jerome, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Citation
- Burial Location
- Jerome Twp. Cemetery
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section F
- Overseas Service
- Peleliu, Caroline Islands; New Caledonia; served in capture and occupation of Peleliu - 1300 Marines were killed, 3000 wounded, island was 2 miles wide, 6 miles long; it was 78 days before Peleliu was secured
- Township (entering service)
- Jerome
- Township (current / at death)
- Jerome
- School
- New California High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Peleliu, Caroline Islands; New Caledonia; served in capture and occupation of Peleliu - 1300 Marines were killed, 3000 wounded, island was 2 miles wide, 6 miles long; it was 78 days before Peleliu was secured. School: New California High School. Enlisted on 05/29/1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio; time of foreign service 1 year, 3 months, and 11 days; invasion of Peleliu in Western Caroline Islands; Honorable Discharge from Cherry Point, North Carolina on 01/25/1946; graduated in 1942 1-16-2010 Herb Vollrath funeral honor guard;1-29 picked up form for brother
Source: HEROES OF THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002) p. 137-138; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 438; information and photograph from "Off the Hook", Marysville Journal-Tribune, 03/20/2009