Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jackson Center, Ohio
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ON THE USS EUGENE E. ELMORE (DE-686), ASSISTING IN THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21), THAT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.