Born: June 17, 1901 Ship’s Cook Third Class, United States Naval Reserve Service# 5540657
USS LISCOME BAY (CVE-56)
Casablanca-class escort carrier, commissioned August 7, 1943
Home or Place of Enlistment: Middleton, Idaho Missing in Action: November 24, 1943
The USS Liscome Bay was lost to a torpedo attack by Japanese Kaidai class submarine I-175, resulting in catastrophic loss of life on November 24, 1943 during Operation Galvanic, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, at Tarawa and Makin Islands.