Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Homerville, Ohio
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
SERVED AS A SHIPFITTER 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35, FLAGSHIP OF THE 5TH FLEET. PARTICIPATED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AT THE GILBERT, MARSHALL, MARIANNA, PELELIU AND IWO JIMA ISLANDS. IN JULY 1945 DELIVERED URANIUM 235 TO TINIAN ISLAND FOR THE ATOMIC BOMBS. SHIP WAS SUNK ON JULY 30, 1945.