ENLISTED ON 8 SEPTEMBER
1936 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED ON THE USS INGRAHAM DD-444
DESTROYER DIVISION 26, A GLEAVES CLASS DESTROYER WITH THE ATLANTIC
FLEET. COMMENCED CONVOY DUTY DECEMBER 1941 BETWEEN ICELAND AND
UNITED KINGDOM. NIGHT OF 22 AUGUST 1942 WAS INVESTIGATING A
COLLISION IN CONVOY AT-22 BETWEEN THE USS BUCK DD-420 AND A MERCHANT
VESSEL. THE INGRAHAM HIT THE OIL TANKER USS CHEMUNG AO-30 IN HEAVY
FOG OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AND SANK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, DEPTH
CHARGES IN HER STERN EXPLODED. HE WAS DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION OR
BURIED AT SEA ON 23 AUGUST 1943. MEMORIALIZED AT EAST COAST MEMORIAL
NEW YORK, NEW YORK. RATING OF FIRE CONTROLMAN FIRST CLASS PETTY
OFFICER.
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