Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Yunck na Detroit, Michigan, n'August 19, 1918. Ihe o mere bụ n'abalị iri abụọ na isii nke ọnwa Ọktoba ruo n'abalị iri nke ọnwa Disemba n'afọ 1942 mgbe ọ na-alụso ndị agha Japan na-alụ agha na mpaghara
Ógbè Solomon Islands. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke Battalion, Marine Observation Squadron 251 (VMO-251). E nyere ya ihe nrite Silver Star maka ihe ndị o mere n'agha. O mechara jee ozi dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu helikopta na Agha Vietnam, ebe e nyere ya Silver Star nke abụọ mgbe a ga-ebipụ ụkwụ ya. E nyekwara ya ihe nrite Distinguished Flying Cross.