He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Spokane. He was a lineman for an electric company. He was married and lived at 126-1/2 Second in Spokane. He was tall and of medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair.
In the 1930 census, he and his wife lived in Ventura, California. She was a nurse, he was a lineman for an electric company.
In the 1940 census, he and his wife lived in Los Angeles where he was an electrician for the bureau of power and light.