Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Rochester, New York
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS AS A SEAMAN 2ND 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.