Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Darlington, South Carolina
Honored By
James C. Bunch
SERVED FROM JANUARY 1943 - FEBRUARY 1945. ASSIGNED TO MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 26 ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. DEPARTED ON LIBERTY ON FEBRUARY 25, 1944 FOR A HIKE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF OAHU AND DID NOT RETURN ON FEBRUARY 26, 1944. HIS REMAINS WERE NEVER RECOVERED AND WAS PRESUMED DEAD ON FEBRUARY 27, 1945.