Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Columbus, Ohio
Honored By
James F. Druggan
BOAT COXSWAIN OF THE USS ZEILIN LANDING CRAFT SURF BOAT, LANDING MARINES, ARMY PERSONNEL ON ENEMY JAPANESE-HELD ISLANDS OF TULAGI AND GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. BOAT COXSWAIN FOR ADMIRAL MARC MITSCHER, FLEET AIR COMMAND, SOUTH PACIFIC, JANUARY 1943 TO MAY 1943, NEW CALEDONIA.