Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A SEAMAN 2ND CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN LOST AT SEA.