Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Walpole, Massachusetts
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.