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Home Town Pueblo Colorado
Last Address Interment of his ashes will follow in the Roselawn Cemetery, with military honors by the Pueblo Veterans Ritual Team.
Date of Passing Nov 22, 2013
Location of Interment Roselawn Cemetery - Pueblo, Colorado
Chain of Command Machinists Mate School, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
Other Memories At 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned duty on the USS Ralph Talbot DD-390, where he obtained the rank of machinist mate second class (MM2). The destroyer was assigned to the Pacific Theater and engaged in several major battles in WWII in the South Pacific, including Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the Battle of Midway on June 3, 1942. He was awarded seven battle stars; the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Navy Good Conduct Medal. He returned to civilian life in 1945 and joined the City of Pueblo Fire Department, where he retired as captain after 32 years of service.
