Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Guys Mills, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Anna Mae Cook & Children
CORPORAL AT HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 77TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED ON GUAM FOR FIRST COMBAT ACTION ON JULY 20, 1944. LEFT GUAM NOVEMBER 1 FOR LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES, LANDED 23 DAYS LATER. LANDED ON ORMOC BAY BEHIND JAPANESE LINES DECEMBER 7. LANDED ON OKINAWA ON MARCH 30, 1945. LANDED CEBU ISLAND, PHILIPPINES ON JULY 15.