Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
West Virginia
OFFICER IN CHARGE OF U.S. NAVAL GUN CREW OF ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP USS ONEIDA. THE SHIP WAS SUNK 70 MILES OF CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA ON MAY 4, 1943 IN HEAVY SEAS EVADING U-BOAT. THE SHIP MAY HAVE BEEN TORPEDOED; NO CONFIRMATION.