Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
CARPENTER'S MATE 1ST CLASS. SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106. HE WAS AWARDED THE COMMENDATION RIBBON FOR ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE SINKING OF CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.