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