Seaman First Class, United States Navy Service# 3687204
USS HELENA (CL-50)
St. Louis-class light cruiser, commissioned September 18, 1939
Home or Place of Enlistment: Nampa, Idaho Date of Loss: July 6, 1943
Died/Missing in Action during combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at the naval Battle of Kula Gulf off the coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.