Born: May 6, 1905 Seaman Second Class, United States Naval Reserve
USS MEREDITH (DD-434)
Gleaves-class destroyer, commissioned March 1, 1941
Date of Enlistment: March 18, 1942 Home or Place of Enlistment: Pocatello, Idaho Died/Date of Loss: October 15, 1942
Missing in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces then the USS Meredith was sunk by aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku near San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign.