Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ninety-Six, South Carolina
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
SERVED ON THE DESTROYER ESCORT USS STAFFORD IN THE PACIFIC. ON JANUARY 5, 1945, HE SURVIVED A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK NEAR MANILA BAY IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE WAS AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR HELPING THE WOUNDED AFTER A KAMIKAZE PLANE RAMMED THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE STAFFORD CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE.