ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED
ON 13 NOVEMBER 1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED UNTIL 8 JANUARY
1946. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS SUSAN B. ANTHONY AP-72, A NAVY TROOP
TRANSPORT. JULY 1943 INVASION OF SICILY, 7 JUNE 1944 AT 1010 A.M. SANK
BY A MINE OFF THE COAST OF NORMANDY. 10 JANUARY 1945 REPORTED ABOARD THE
USS CLYTIE AS-26, A AEGIR CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER. 21 FEBRUARY 1945
SAILED FROM NEW LONDON TO BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. 17 OCTOBER 1945 RETURNED
TO NEW LONDON. RATING OF SIGNALMAN SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER.