Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jersey City, New Jersey
Honored By
Marie Crowell
Relationship
Widow
BASIC TRAINING AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; THEN SCHOOL AT QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND. USS UMPQUA ATO-25, SOUTH CAROLINA; THEN DIVING SCHOOL. SENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SALVAGE DIVER WHO WORKED ON THE NORMANDY IN NEW YORK HARBOR. SERVED JANUARY 1942 TO NOVEMBER 15, 1945. AWARDS: AMERICAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.