Born: December 19, 1917 Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve Service# O-126060
USS FRANKLIN (CV-13)
Essex-class aircraft carrier, commissioned January 31, 1944
Date of Enlistment: September 17, 1941 Home or Place of Enlistment: Montpelier, Idaho Date of Loss: March 19, 1945
Missing in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at Honshu and Kobe Harbor, when an enemy plane appeared and dropped two armor-piercing bombs on the ship.