Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Cleveland, Ohio
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
HE SERVED ABOARD THE CVE-106 AS A STAFF SERGEANT (TURRET GUNNER) WITH MARINE AIR SQUADRON VMF 511. HE WAS KILLED MAY 10, 1945 IN A PLANE CRASH ON NOBARA AIRFIELD, ISLAND OF MIYAKO.