Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class, United States Naval Reserve
USS LST-342
LST-1-class tank landing ship, commissioned December 31, 1942
Date of Enlistment: July 10, 1942 Home or Place of Enlistment: Nampa, Idaho Date of Loss: July 18, 1943
Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces when his ship was struck by an enemy torpedo during the Solomon Islands Campaign.