Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Vista, California
Honored By
Irving Davis
SERVED AS COMMUNICATION WATCH OFFICER ON STAFF OF ADMIRAL R. A. SPRUANCE, U.S. NAVY COMMANDER OF THE 5TH FLEET FROM FEBRUARY OF 1944 TO NOVEMBER OF 1945. SERVED ON THE USS INDIANAPOLIS, WHICH WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE ON THE WAY TO LEYTE. MOVED TO THE USS NEW MEXICO WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE, MOVED TO THE USS NEW JERSEY AT THE END OF THE WAR.