Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Escalon, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
HE SERVED WITH THE VC 55 AIR SQUADRON AS AN AVIATION RADIOMAN SECOND CLASS ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SHIP, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549), ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.