Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Richfield, Minnesota
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) AS A AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE 3/C AND SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SHIP BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.