ENTERED SERVICE ON 2
MARCH 1944 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS BUSH
(DD-529) ON 19 MAY 1944 IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF
OPERATIONS. THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANE 'JILL' ON
THE STARBOARD SIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS SO GREAT THE SHIP COULD NOT
RECOVER AND SANK AT 18:30 HOURS ON 6 APRIL 1945 NORTHWEST OF
OKINAWA. HE IS LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION. HE WAS AWARDED THE
BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART.
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