Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Seattle, Washington
Honored By
Missouri DAV Chapter 67
SERVED ON THE ILL FATED USS INDIANAPOLIS. ON OCTOBER 2ND 2008, HIS ASHES WERE SCATTERED AT ROUGHLY THE SAME SPOT WHERE THE INDIANAPOLIS WENT DOWN. THE INDIANAPOLIS SAILED UNPROTECTED TO TINIAN CARRYING COMPONENTS FOR THE NEW ATOMIC BOMB. IT WAS SUNK BY SIX TORPEDOES FROM THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-58.