Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Jersey
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS AN AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE 21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.