Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wilmington, Delaware
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35). AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. SURVIVED FOR A FEW DAYS AFLOAT IN THE SEA BUT PERISHED BEFORE HE COULD BE RESCUED. BURIED AT SEA AND WAS LISTED AS LOST AT SEA ALONG WITH 879 FELLOW CREWMEN.