Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Hammond, West Virginia
Honored By
Larry L. Legge, WV Historical Society
KILLED IN ACTION WHEN HIS SUBMARINE, USS FLIER SS-250, STRUCK A JAPANESE MINEFIELD IN BALABAC STRAIT, PALAWAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ON AUGUST 13, 1944. THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT SURVIVORS.