Gunner’s Mate Second Class, United States Navy Service# 3682112
USS ASTORIA (CA-34)
Astoria-class heavy cruiser, commissioned April 28, 1934
Date of Enlistment: September 4, 1940 Home or Place of Enlistment: Caldwell, Idaho Date of Loss: August 9, 1942
Missing in Action after his ship was sunk by naval gunfire during operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at the Battle of Savo Island during the Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal Campaign .