Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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 SECOND CLASS FROM MAY 14, 1943 TO DECEMBER 14, 1945. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.