United States Naval Officer. He served forty years in the United States Navy, and when he died in 1992 he was the last surviving United States military veteran of the 1899 to 1902 Philippine-American War. Enlisting in the United States Navy at Kansas City, Missouri on April 9, 1901, he was assigned as a cabin boy on the screw steamer “USS Pensacola”. During his subsequent naval service, he saw action in the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Philippine Insurrection, and clashes along the United States-Mexican border. During World War I he was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant and was given command of a subchaser, which sank two German U-boats. He also fought in World War II and was stationed in Haiti and Panama. At 106 years of age he became the oldest living United States military veteran. He passed away in Phoenix, Arizona where he was residing in the Veteran medical Center.
United States Naval Officer. He served forty years in the United States Navy, and when he died in 1992 he was the last surviving United States military veteran of the 1899 to 1902 Philippine-American War. Enlisting in the United States Navy at Kansas City, Missouri on April 9, 1901, he was assigned as a cabin boy on the screw steamer “USS Pensacola”. During his subsequent naval service, he saw action in the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Philippine Insurrection, and clashes along the United States-Mexican border. During World War I he was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant and was given command of a subchaser, which sank two German U-boats. He also fought in World War II and was stationed in Haiti and Panama. At 106 years of age he became the oldest living United States military veteran. He passed away in Phoenix, Arizona where he was residing in the Veteran medical Center.
Bio by: Tom Todd
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