Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oakland, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
GUNNER'S MATE. SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106, SURVIVING THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21 BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.