Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
McClure, Ohio
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A MACHINIST'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS AMONG 880 MEN LOST AT SEA.