Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Illinois
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS. AFTER DELIVERING THE ATOMIC BOMB COMPONENTS TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ALONG WITH 879 OF HIS FELLOW CREWMEN.