Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS AS A MOTOR MACHINIST MATE 3RD CLASS. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ALONG WITH 879 FELLOW CREWMEN.