ENLISTED ON 14 DECEMBER
1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS CALIFORNIA
(BB-44), A BATTLESHIP, ON 9 JUNE 1943. SHIP WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE ON
6 JANUARY 1945 WHILE SHORE BOMBARDMENT AT LINGAYEN GULF, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS KILLING 44 CREWMEN. HE WAS BURIED AT SEA BY ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISION. HE IS MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY,
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
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