Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Duck, West Virginia
Honored By
Charles J. Newman
Relationship
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, WAS LEFT MIDWAY ISLAND ON HER ELEVENTH WAR PATROL, AND NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. WHEN THE TROUT DID NOT RETURN TO MIDWAY ON APRIL 7TH, SHE WAS DECLARED OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST ON APRIL 17, 1944.