Graduated Colorado School of Mines in 1922. Taken prisoner of war in the Philippines and taken aboard prison ship Oryoky Maru. Survived inadvertent sinking of ship on December 15, 1944 by American planes at Subic Bay and placed aboard prison ship Enoura Maru. Died of wounds after bomb from attacking USS Hornet plane inadvertently struck ship on January 9, 1945. Initially buried at Taiwan in attempted mass cremation. Remains ultimately repatriated to Hawaii and buried as unknown. Served in the Civil Engineering Corp.