Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lorain, Ohio
Honored By
USS Block Island Association
SERVED ABOARD THE USS PAINE DE-578 AS A LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AND PARTICIPATED IN THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE CVE-21 USS BLOCK ISLAND, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE CVE-21 WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE.