Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
John J. Graf
Relationship
Friend
FIREMAN 2ND CLASS, MISSING IN ACTION JULY 19, 1944. DROWNED WHEN THE LST HE SERVED ON WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY ENEMY NAVAL FORCES IN THE SOLOMON SEA. MEMORIALIZED AT THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AT FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. BURIED, GRAND LAWN CEMETERY, DETROIT, WAYNE, MICHIGAN.