Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Yunck ki Detroit, Michigan, i te 19 o Akuhata 1918. Ko tana mahi i te Oketopa 26 <unk> Tihema 10, 1942 i roto i te mahi ki nga ope Japanese hoariri i nga Moutere o Solomon
rohe. He wāhanga ia o te Piriona, Marine Observation Squadron 251 (VMO-251). I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te whetu hiriwa mo ana mahi i te pakanga. I muri mai ka mahi ia hei paerata rerenga i te Pakanga o Vietnam, i reira i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Whetu Hiriwa tuarua i muri i te wehenga o tona waewae. I whakawhiwhia hoki ia ki te Tohu Rererangi Tohu.