Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tohoha, Texas
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ON BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A BOATSWAIN'S MATE FIRST 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.