Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Honored By
Daphne MuShatt
Relationship
friend
SERVED AS SEAMAN 1ST CLASS ON THE USS MISSISSIPPI. RECIEVED A PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN A JAPANESE KAMAKAZEE HIT IS GUN ON JANUARY 9, 1945. HE WAS THE SOLE SURVIVOR ON THAT GUN.