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