Born: November 12, 1924 Baker Second Class, United States Naval Reserve Service# 5541946
LST-282
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship, Commissioned Nov. 12, 1943
Date of Enlistment: December 8, 1942 Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Killed in Action: August 15, 1944
During World War II, LST-282 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 and the invasion of southern France in August 1944. On 15 August 1944, LST-282 was sunk by a German radio-controlled bomb off southern France and struck from the Navy list on 16 September 1944.