Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Radford, Virginia
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS. SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.