Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scalp Level, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Howard Eugene Price
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. LAND-BASED AT OKINAWA WITH THE INVASION FORCES. AWARDED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. SERVED MARCH 10, 1945 TO AUGUST 21, 1951. NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAMPSON, NEW YORK; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING AT LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK; USS POCHARD AM-375, NAVAL BASE OKINAWA; PHILADELPHIA NAVAL YARD, PENNSYLVANIA. MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE 3RD CLASS. PETTY OFFICER. HE WAS ALSO AT THE NAVY BASE IN SAN DIEGO. AFTER OKINAWA , HE WAS BASED AT SHANGHAI, CHINA.