Born: November 16, 1924 Fire Controlman Third Class, United States Naval Reserve Service# 8758707
USS WHITEHURST (DE-634) Buckley-class destroyer escort, commissioned November 19, 1943
Date of Enlistment: May 13, 1943 Home or Place of Enlistment: Wilder, Idaho Date of Loss: April 12, 1945
Missing/Killed in Action when the WHITEHURST was struck by an enemy kamikaze aircraft while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces in the Ryukyu Islands during the Okinawa campaign of World War II.