Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Honored By
Donald Albee
Relationship
Son
ENLISTED JANUARY 28, 1944. SERVED AS RADIOMAN STRIKER CRYPTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST ABOARD THE DESTROYER ESCORT USS DURIK DE-666, PRIMARILY IN THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN AREA. PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 100 ENEMY CONTACTS, AND WAS PART OF THE GUADALCANAL GROUP INVOLVED IN THE CAPTURE OF U-BOAT 505.