Added by: LowellSilvermanRalph R. Skillman (Courtesy of the Newark History Museum)
Document stated he died of wounds following attack on October 25, 1944
Contradictory record indicated he was missing following the October 26, 1944 attack.
Transfer from VF-27 back to Suwannee (June 24, 1943)
Promotion to AOM2c (December 1, 1943)
Transfer to VF-27 (May 27, 1943)
Added by: LowellSilvermanUSS Suwannee (CVE-27) at Kwajalein Harbor, February 7, 1944 (Naval History and Heritage Command)
Added by: LowellSilvermanUSS Suwannee hit on October 25, 1944. The plane at left was an F6F Hellcat which attempted to intercept the kamikaze. (Naval History and Heritage Command)