- Branch of Service
- Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- Marine Wing Service Squadron Nine, 9th MAW, FMF; VMF 218 Air Corps
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 11/14/1942 – 11/01/1945
- Date of Birth
- 09/10/1922
- Date of Death
- 12/11/2015
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Burial Location
- Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Overseas Service
- Pacific Theater of Operation
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Dayton, Ohio
- School
- Union Local High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
Overseas service: Pacific Theater of Operation. School: Union Local High School. 4 Combat Ribbons in the Southwest Pacific Area, the defense of PIVA YOKE, the Bismarck Archipelago Operation, and the Philippine Island Campaign Southwest Pacific Area 12/19/1943 to 5/5/1945; Participated in the defense of PIVA YOKE the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands; The Bismarck Archipelago Operation and the Philippine Island campaign
Source: Veteran data form submitted 08/24/2005 by niece, Lura Hayes; Recorder's Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 633 | Ancestry - Find A Grave