Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cedaredge, Colorado
Honored By
Judd O. Hart
TORPEDOMAN, USS O'BRIEN DD-415. SUNK IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN 1942. DESTROYER ENDICOTT DD-495, LEAD TORPEDOMAN. CREDITED WITH DESTROYING TWO U BOATS WITH ANOTHER POSSIBLE. WAS GIVEN ON THE LINE ADVANCEMENT BY JOHN D. BULKELEY FOLLOWING THE SINKING OF TWO GERMAN DESTROYERS IN A RUNNING BATTLE. HAVE A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FROM JOHN D. BULKELEY.