Naval records list him as an aviation maintenance administrationman third-class who served with units based in California and Atsugi, Japan.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In addition, four Marine Sea Knight helicopters flew out of a U.S. Navy base in Atsugi near Tokyo with 18 pallets of clothing and two pallets of food to Yamada Radar Site, north of Sendai.

WSJ: Aid Effort in Japan