Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Daughter
LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH AT 7 AM ON JUNE 6, 1944. A NAVAL GUN LIAISON OFFICER. WOUNDED TWICE AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART AND BRONZE STAR FOR HIS ACTIONS. IN 1945 HE WAS ON OKINAWA FOR ALL 85 DAYS OF THE FIGHTING. HE THEN WAS IN JAPAN AFTER THE SURRENDER.