Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Columbia, South Carolina
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE ABOARD THE USS ORESTES AGP-10. SHIP HIT BY KAMIKAZE DECEMBER 30, 1944. CASUALTIES SUSTAINED BY 65% OF CREW. SHIP ABANDONED, MINDORO ISLANDS, PHILIPPINES. ACCOMPANIED SHIP TO U.S. NAVAL SHIPYARD AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR REPAIRS.