Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Stratford, Oklahoma
Honored By
Survivors of USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A TORPEDOMAN'S MATE SECOND CLASS. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.