Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Joseph K. Oyler
KILLED ON APRIL 11, 1944, WHEN HIS SHIP, THE USS HOLDER, A DESTROYER ESCORT, WAS HIT BY A GERMAN TORPEDO BOMBER WHILE IN ROUTE TO ALGIERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE SHIP WAS HIT IN THE ENGINEERING SPACES ON THE SHIP KILLING SIXTEEN MEN.