Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Germantown, New York
Honored By
Ms. Tracy Veillette
Relationship
Granddaughter
Inducted in 1939. Served on the USS Washington BB-56. Patrolled Pearl Harbor. Transferred to the USS Hornet. Japanese dropped bombs around their ship. Transferred to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D.C. and remained until the end of war. Wounded on the USS Washington BB-56 during a fire practice.