Born: 1917 Pharmacist’s Mate First Class, United States Naval Reserve
USS FRANKLIN (CV-13)
Essex-class aircraft carrier, commissioned January 31, 1944
Date of Enlistment: December 15, 1941 Home or Place of Enlistment: 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.