Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	646 05 53
Birth Date	February 11, 1917
From	Flushing, New York
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
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