Born: August 26, 1923
Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Naval Reserve Service# 5101344 USS LAGARTO (SS-371)
Balao-class submarine, commissioned October 14, 1944
Date of Enlistment: December 17, 1941
Home or Place of Enlistment: Buhl, Idaho (born) Served aboard USS BOXWOOD (YN-3) from Feb. 2, 1942 to
Jan. 16, 1944. Transferred to USS LAGARTO on Oct. 14, 1944. Died/Lost at Sea: May 4, 1945
Sunk by depth charge attack by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka off Malay coast near the Gulf of Siam. |