•KIA Operation Cartwheel, Battle of New Georgia Island, central Solomon Islands; Killed after bombing a destroyer of Japan north of the island.•
•Enlisted U.S. Naval Reserve May 28, 1941•
•U.S.S. Riddle (DE-185), Cannon-Class Destroyer Escort, Commissioned November 17, 1943, Decommissioned June 8, 1946 then transferred to France renamed Kabyle (F718)•
•KIA Operation Cartwheel, Battle of New Georgia Island, central Solomon Islands; Killed after bombing a destroyer of Japan north of the island.•
•Enlisted U.S. Naval Reserve May 28, 1941•
•U.S.S. Riddle (DE-185), Cannon-Class Destroyer Escort, Commissioned November 17, 1943, Decommissioned June 8, 1946 then transferred to France renamed Kabyle (F718)•
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