Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Honored By
His Family
ENSIGN; SERVED AS NAVIGATOR ON THE DESTROYER USS JAMES D. KYES DD-787 IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC DURING WWII. AS NAVIGATOR, ONE OF HIS DUTIES WAS TO OPERATE A NEW NAVIGATION DEVICE THE NAVY HAD JUST DEVELOPED, CALLED LORAN.