Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE WAS A COXSWAIN WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE DESTROYER HE WAS ON, THE USS FREDERICK C. DAVIS, WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN U-BOAT ON APRIL 24, 1945, ONLY WEEKS BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY.