Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Owensboro, Kentucky
Honored By
Denis Viri
Relationship
Mentee
SIGNAL CHIEF, SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY FROM 1925 TO 1954. WAS CHIEF SIGNALMAN AT PEARL HARBOR FROM 1941 TO 1944. HE WAS ON DUTY IN THE SIGNAL TOWER DURING THE DECEMBER 7 ATTACK AND WAS LATER COMMENDED BY ADMIRAL C. W. NIMITZ.