Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Honored By
G. Holcomb
SERVED AS CHIEF GUNNER'S MATE ABOARD THE DSS NEOSHO WHICH WAS DOCKED ON BATTLESHIP ROW IN PEARL HARBOR WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA IN MAY 1942.