Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Greensburg, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
KILLED IN ACTION 6 APRIL 1945 WHEN JAPANESE KAMIKAZES CRASHED INTO THE USS HYMAN DD-732 NEAR OKINAWA, JAPAN. BURIED AT SEA, MEMORIALIZED AT HONOLULU MEMORIAL, HONOLULU, HAWAII. AWARDS: PURPLE HEART.