Circumstances:
Killed in action on the Ingraham. The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles. On the night of 22 August, as she was investigating a collision between the destroyer Buck and a merchant vessel, Ingraham collided with the oil tanker Chemung in heavy fog off the coast of Nova Scotia and Ingraham sank almost immediately. Depth charges on her stern exploded.
Biography:
born Valley City, NDak 12 Apr 21; resident Stutsman County, NDok; entered US Navy Mpls, Minn 15 Oct 40; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 22 Aug 42 North Atlantic; remains not recovered. On the Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York