Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oakland, California
Honored By
Survivors of USS Block Island CVE 21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS AN AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21 ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.