Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dayton, Kentucky
Honored By
Bellevue Veterans Club
SERVED ON THE USS HOPEWELL DD-681. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1945, WHILE PROTECTING MINESWEEPERS OFF CORREGIDOR AT THE MOUTH OF MANILA BAY, USS HOPEWELL WAS HIT 4 TIMES BY 6-INCH SHORE BATTERIES, LOSING 17 CREW MEMBERS. BURIED IN MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY.