Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Honored By
Archie A. Warner
Relationship
Son
Served aboard the destroyer USS Woolsey DD-437 from 1941-1945 in the Atlantic and Mediterrian. Sank German submarine U73 and assisted in sinking U173. Many other engagements happened, including a shootout with German tanks at the Salerno, Italy invasion. He and the Woolsey were in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended.