Born: March 22, 1924 Radioman Third Class, United States Navy
USS LST-387
LST-1 class tank landing ship, commissioned November 17, 1942
Home or Place of Enlistment: Lewiston, Idaho Date of Loss: June 22, 1943
At 21.31 hours on 22 June 1943, German submarine U-593 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy Elastic about eight miles northeast of Cape Corbelin and hit the USS LST-333 and USS LST-387 with one torpedo each. LST-333 was beached and declared a total loss, while LST-387 was towed to Dellys by the landing craft USS LCT-294 and USS LCT-431 and subsequently repaired and returned to service. The torpedoing of these two ships hampered the training for the forthcoming invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky).