Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Son
SERVED ABOARD THE USS LEXINGTON, 1943-1945. ENDED UP IN THE CORAL SEA DURING THE SURRENDER WHERE CREWMEN DID MILITARY POLICE DUTY IN JAPAN. JOINED THE NAVY AT 17 YEARS OF AGE AFTER HIS BROTHER WILLIAM WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN SICILY.