Lt. (J.G.) Streit served on the USS Jarvis during WWII. Streit served on the USS Jarvis during the Guadalcanal campaign, while it operated as a protective screen destroyer during amphibious operations. On august 8th 1942 a noon torpedo bomber raid was made on US forces in the waters between Florida island and Guadalcanal. During the raid the Jarvis sustained significant damage, but remained sea worthy. The destroyer then attempted to seek emergency repairs at Sydney, Australia. While in route the USS Jarvis was attacked by 31 Japanese planes, that quickly sank the vessel. Lt. (J.G,) straight went missing on August 9th 1942, and was later declared KIA.
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bm32w#page/15/mo... (pg 15)
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719t26t#page/16/mo... (pg 16)
1938 yearbook (pg 290)
1939 yearbook (pgs 228, 229, 304)