Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Danville, Virginia
Honored By
Mr. Norman D. Holland
Relationship
Brother-in-law
BORN JUNE 9, 1923. VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AT AGE 17. SURVIVED SINKING OF THE USS WASP CV-7. KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE LINGAYEN GULF CAMPAIGN, EARLY JANUARY 1945, WHILE SERVING ABOARD THE USS KITKUN BAY CVE-71, UNDER CAPTAIN ALBERT HANDLY.