Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tell City, Indiana
Honored By
Mr. Everett J. Flint
ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 2ND CLASS, USS LA GRANGE APA-124. THE SHIP WAS STRUCK BY AN ENEMY SUICIDE PLANE 500/BOMB AND SUSTAINED SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WHILE ANCHORED IN OKINAWA BAY ON AUGUST 13, 1945. 21 KILLED, 89 WOUNDED. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART.