Born: February 13, 1914 Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class, United States Navy Service#3860987
USS HORNET (CV-8)
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, commissioned October 20, 1941
Home or Place of Enlistment: Caldwell, Idaho Date of Loss: October 26, 1942
Killed/Missing in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands when the HORNET was hit and immobilized by Japanese carrier aircraft bombs and torpedoes.