Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Port Orchard, Washington
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
Relationship
Daughter
HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 AS A AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS AND SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SHIP BY GERMAN SUBMARINE ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.