Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Herman G. Walker
Relationship
Self
ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 1942 AND RETIRED IN SEPTEMBER 1970. ACTIVE IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE. FOUGHT ON THE USS BUNKER HILL CV-17 AND LATER THE LIGHT CRUISER LITTLE ROCK CL-92. SAW COMBAT AT THE BATTLE OF RABAUL, MARSHALL ISLANDS, ENIWETOK, AND THE PHILIPPINES. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH NINE BATTLE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH TWO BATTLE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH THREE STARS, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.