Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Santee, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
HE SERVED WITH THE VC 55 AIR SQUADRON AS A CHIEF YEOMAN 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.