Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS AN ELECTRICIAN'S MATE THIRD CLASS FROM FEBRUARY 3, 1944 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1945. SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944, IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.