Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Coal Center, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Patricia Wilson
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED JANUARY 3, 1942. SERIAL NUMBER 343791. FIRST MARINE RAIDER BATTALION, COMPANY D; A COMPANY, FIRST BATTALION, FOURTH MARINES, FIRST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE. PROMOTED: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, NOVEMBER 2, 1942; CORPORAL, AUGUST 1943; SERGEANT, NOVEMBER 1944. CAMPAIGNS: GUADALCANAL, EMIRAU AND GUAM. DISCHARGED SEPTEMBER 20, 1945.