Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Col. Allen R. Wissinger, Sr.
Relationship
Nephew
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1941. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED DURING THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL AND EVACUATED TO THE U.S. DISCHARGED DUE TO WOUNDS IN 1943.