Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Charles J. Newman
Relationship
Fellow Submariner
TORPEDOMAN'S MATE 2ND CLASS. LOST WITH ALL HIS SHIPMATES ON THE SUBMARINE USS TROUT SS-202. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1944, THE TROUT TOPPED OFF FUEL, LEFT MIDWAY ISLAND ON HER ELEVENTH WAR PATROL, WAS AND NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. WHEN TROUT DID NOT RETURN TO MIDWAY ON APRIL 7TH, SHE WAS DECLARED OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST ON APRIL 17, 1944.