Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, First Class
Service Number	261 31 88
Birth Date	January 5, 1904
From	Lexington, South Carolina
Decorations
Submarine	USS Squalus (SS-192)
Loss Date	May 23, 1939
Location	Off New England Coast, near Isle of Shoals
Circumstances	Accidentally sank when engine rooms flooded
Remarks

Photo and information courtesy of the Palmetto Subvets USSVI, Lexington South Carolina. Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

Photo vourtesy of Jensen/Fleury/Sharpe

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