Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Jesus V. Okialda
DEFENDER OF THE U.S. NAVAL SECTION BASE AT MARIVELES, BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY AT CORREGIDOR ISLAND AND WAS A PRISONER OF WAR (WWII) AT MANILA BILIBID AND CAMP O'DONNELL, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM MAY 6, 1943. POW MISSING IN ACTION, RECOVERED JUNE 24, 1945.