Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paterson, New Jersey
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A FIRE CONTROLMAN FIRST CLASS, SURVIVING THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549), ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.