Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Bill & Marge Leesemann
Relationship
Good Friends
SERVED BOTH RESERVE AND ACTIVE DUTY ON AMMUNITION SHIP USS WRANGELL AE-12 AND STORES SHIP SS MERAK AF-21, A CONVERTED UNITED FRUIT CARGO VESSEL IN THE PACIFIC, EUROPEAN, CARIBBEAN AND PHILIPPINE WATERS. AWARDED THREE BATTLE STARS. THE USS WRANGELL WAS A RELATIVELY NEW SHIP COMMISSIONED 1944 WITH A DISPLACEMENT OF 14,960 TONS.