Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
HE SERVED ON BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE 21 THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.