| Birth | 20 Dec 1911 | Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan | | | |
| Residence | 2 Jan 1920 | with his parents at 227 East Water Street & attended school - Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan | | | |
| Residence | 24 Apr 1930 | with his parents at 249 College Ave & attended school - Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan | | | |
| Education | 1930 | at the Severn School and entered the US Naval Academy as a midshipman - Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland | | | |
| Military | 1934 | graduated from United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland | | | |
| Military | 1934 | was assigned to Basic School - Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Military | Aft 1934 | brieftly served on the USS Pennsylvania assigned to the Marine detachment | | | |
| Military | 1935 - 1936 | he commanded machine gun platoon of Company H. 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1935 | Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Military | Oct 1936 | attended Flight School - Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida | | | |
| Marriage License | 27 Apr 1937 | Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida - Jane ANSON | | | |
| Marriage | 30 Apr 1937 | Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida - Jane ANSON | | | |
| Military | Dec 1937 | Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida | | | |
| Residence | 19 Apr 1940 | at the US Marine Reservation & was a 1st Lieut in the US Marine Corp - Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia | | | |
| Military | 24 Jun 1941 | was appointed executive officer of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMF)-121 | | | |
| Military | Mar 1942 | was transfered and appointed group operations officer. of Marine Aircraft Group 12 - San Diego, San Diego County, California | | | |
| Military | Jan 1943 | his aircraft group was sent to Noumea and then up to Efate in the New Herbides | | | |
| Military | Aft Jan 1943 | went with his commander to be operations officer of Aircraft, Solomons - Guadalcanal, Andalucía, Spain | | | |
| Military | Abt 16 Apr 1943 | | | | |
| Military | 1 Nov 1943 | as Lt Colonel, he accompanied the AirSols command in the invasion of Bougainville | | | |
| Military | Jan 1944 | Mirmar, San Diego County, California | | | |
| Military | Oct 1944 | was resassigned as executive officer of Marine Aircraft Support Group 48 | | | |
| Military | 1946 - 1948 | was assigned in Washington to staff the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air | | | |
| Military | 1949 | went to the Air War College at Maxwell Airforce Base | | | |
| Military | 1952 | was appointed Colonel and assigned to take command of MAG 33 - Pohang, Korea | | | |
| Military | 1953 | | | | |
| Military | 1958 | promoted to Brigader General & was Assistant J-3 on the staff of the US European Command - Paris, France | | | |
| Military | 1961 | promoted to Major General - Europe | | | |
| Military | Jul 1962 | & was ordered back hom tobe Commander of the 3rd MAW - United States | | | |
| Retirement | 1962 | after more than 28 years of service, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 1963 | employed with North American Aviation & Rockwell International for 14 years | | | |
| Residence | Bef 26 Dec 1996 | Alexandria, Alexandria City County, Virginia | | | |
| Death | 26 Dec 1996 | at his home of lymphoma and an aneurysm - Alexandria, Alexandria City County, Virginia | | | |
| Burial | Aft 26 Dec 1996 | United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland | | | |
| Soc Sec No | | 375-40-8121 | | | |