Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Andrea & Jim Swinfard
SERVED ON CONVOY DUTY IN NORTH ATLANTIC 1942-1944. SERVED ON USS TIDE DURING NORMANDY INVASION, SHIP WAS SUNK JUNE 7, 1944. HE SURVIVED AND WAS MEDICALLY DISCHARGED. USS TIDE WAS THE ONLY U.S. WARSHIP SUNK DURING THE INVASION.