Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Salem, Illinois
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS BUGLER ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35). AFTER DELIVERING THE ATOMIC BOMB COMPONENTS TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE SURVIVED ALONG WITH 316 FELLOW CREWMEN AFTER FIVE DAYS AT SEA BEFORE BEING RESCUED BY THE USS RINGNESS.