Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Goleta, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SECOND LIEUTENANT. MARINE CORPS PILOT. SERVED WITH MARINE AIR SQUADRON, CVS 511, FLYING A F6F5N OFF THE DECKS OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-106). THE MARINE UNIT WAS THE FIRST FULL SERVICE UNIT TO FLY OFF OF A U.S. CARRIER IN WWII.