Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Reading, Massachusetts
Honored By
Walter Earley
Relationship
Classmate
LEFT HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AT AGE 17. TRAINED AND STORMED ASHORE PELELIU ISLAND AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION 9/15/44. IN 1945, HE ENGAGED IN COMBAT AT OKINAWA. HE ENDED HIS WARTIME DUTY IN NORTHERN CHINA.