Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
James M. Arbuckle
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 2/10/45 (11 days after 18th birthday). Boot camp at U.S. Naval Training Center (NTC) in Bainbridge, Maryland. Trained as an Aviation Ordnanceman at U.S. Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) in Norman, Oklahoma. Served at U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) in Alameda, California. Honorably discharged as an Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class on July 31, 1946.