Born: March 2, 1925 Seaman Second Class, United States Naval Reserve Service# 5542261
USS LISCOME BAY (CVE-56)
Casablanca-class escort carrier, commissioned August 7, 1943
Date of Enlistment: March 16, 1943 Home or Place of Enlistment: Caldwell, Idaho Missing in Action: November 24, 1943
The USS Liscome Bay was lost to a torpedo attack by Japanese Kaidai class submarine I-175, resulting in catastrophic loss of life on November 24, 1943 during Operation Galvanic, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, at Tarawa and Makin Islands.