Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Queens, New York
Honored By
The Pagnotta Family
SERVED NOVEMBER 1943 TO JUNE 1946. ACTIVE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN, KOREA, PHILIPPINES, NEW GUINEA, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS. RECEIVED THE NAVAL COMBAT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR, AND THE KOREA OCCUPATION MEDAL. SERVED ON THE LST 589, U.S. NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCES.