Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Santa Ana, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 AS A CHIEF MACHINIST'S MATE. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SHIP, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.