Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Mathews, Virginia
Honored By
Beverly A. Waller & Joan G. Branch
Relationship
Daughters
SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC CONFLICT AND WAS ON THE US DORCHESTER UP UNTIL THE TIME IT WAS SUNK IN 1943. INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY. TRANSFERRED TO PACIFIC AREA. INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES. SERVED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. HE WAS A CHIEF ENGINEER AND HELD THE RANK OF NAVAL COMMANDER.