hiː wʌz sˈɜːvɪŋ ðɛɹ wɛn hiː dˈaɪd ʌv luːkˈiːmiə æt ðə nˈeɪvəl hˈɑːspɪɾəl ɪn bəθˈɛzdə, mˈɛɹɪlˌænd ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛlv, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ, æɾ ˈeɪdʒ fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks.
He was serving there when he died of leukemia at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on September 12, 1944, at age 46.