Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Honored By
USS Block Island Association
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A QUARTERMASTER SECOND CLASS. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.