World War II
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MIA

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Machinist's Mate 2c

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
United States Navy

Circumstances:

Died while in MIA status. Lost at sea during an escort mission aboard the destroyer Ingraham. While 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 sank almost immediately.

Biography:

Memorialized at the East Coast Memorial in New York.