ENLISTED ON 13 DECEMBER
1940 IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS SARATOGA
(CV-3), 10 MARCH 1941. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. ON
THE NIGHT OF 21 FEBRUARY 1945 OFF THE COAST OF IWO JIMA AND CHI-CHI
JIMA, THE SHIP WAS HIT BY SIX JAPANESE PLANES HITTING IT FIVE TIMES.
HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. HE IS ON THE TABLET OF THE MISSING AT
HONOLULU, HAWAII.
RATING OF GUNNER'S MATE SECOND CLASS PETTY
OFFICER.
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