Seaman First Class, United States Navy Service# 3685172
USS ASTORIA (CA-34)
Astoria-class heavy cruiser, commissioned April 28, 1934
Date of Enlistment: October 1, 1940 Home or Place of Enlistment: Parma, Idaho Died/Missing in Action: August 9, 1942
Missing in Action after his ship was sunk by naval gunfire during operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at the Battle of Savo Island during the Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal Campaign .