Chief Motor Machinist’s Mate, United States Naval Reserve
USS DREXLER (DD-741)
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, commissioned November 14, 1944
Date of Enlistment: October 7, 1942 Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Date of Loss: May 28, 1945
Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces, providing support for the Okinawa landings and invasion.when his ship was struck and subsequently sunk by two enemy kamikaze aircraft.