Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Midland, Michigan
Honored By
Sheila Anderson
Relationship
Niece-in-law
SEAMAN, SECOND CLASS. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE USS GRUNION, JULY 30, 1942 IN A CONFRONTATION WITH THE ARMED JAPANESE FREIGHTER, KANO MARU. ON OCTOBER 1, 2008 THE U.S NAVY ANNOUNCED THAT THE SUNKEN VESSEL LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WAS IN FACT THE WWII SUBMARINE USS GRUNION (SS-216).