Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Olney, Illinois
Honored By
James L. Dale
SERVED SIX YEARS IN THE NAVY. HE WAS AT PEARL HARBOR WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE WAS ONE OF 316 SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF 1,196 WHO WERE ON THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS THAT WAS SUNK BY TORPEDOES FROM A JAPANESE SUBMARINE SOUTHEAST OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS NEAR THE END OF THE WAR.