Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Victoria Skobel
Relationship
Daughter
HE SERVED FROM MAY 1942 TO SEPTEMBER 1945 ON THE USS JOHN M. SCHOFIELD IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. HE SURVIVED AN ATTACK BY GERMAN PLANES IN THE HARBOR AT BARI, ITALY WHERE 24 OF 26 SHIPS WERE SUNK.