United States Navy Sailor. He entered the United States Navy from Texas, and served as a Chief Machinist's Mate as part of the crew of the "Fletcher"-class destroyer "USS Hoel" (DD-533). He went missing in action after the October 25, 1944 Battle of Samar, Philippine Islands, when his little ship attacked a powerful Japanese naval force, and helped to considerably delay that force until the "USS Hoel" was battered and sunk by Japanese gunfire.
His name is inscribed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.
His name is inscribed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.
United States Navy Sailor. He entered the United States Navy from Texas, and served as a Chief Machinist's Mate as part of the crew of the "Fletcher"-class destroyer "USS Hoel" (DD-533). He went missing in action after the October 25, 1944 Battle of Samar, Philippine Islands, when his little ship attacked a powerful Japanese naval force, and helped to considerably delay that force until the "USS Hoel" was battered and sunk by Japanese gunfire.
His name is inscribed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.
His name is inscribed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.
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Entered the service from Texas.
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