Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
La Jolla, California
Honored By
Survivors of USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND CVE-106 AS A CHIEF RADIOMAN. 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.