Born: 1920 Fireman Third Class, United States Naval Reserve Service# 6600508
USS NEOSHO (AO-23)
Cimarron-class fleet oiler, commissioned August 7, 1939
Date of Enlistment: December 9, 1941 Home or Place of Enlistment: Meridian, Idaho Date of Loss: May 7, 1942
Missing in Action during combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at the Battle of the Coral Sea between Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.