Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Seltzer, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Joseph C. Zebertavage
Relationship
Self
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AND EUROPE IN D-DAY AND THE PHILIPPINES. SERVED ON THE DESTROYER USS O'BRIEN DD-725. SHIP HIT BY SHORE BATTERIES AND CAME BACK TO THE U.S. FOR REPAIRS. ASSIGNED TO THE USS CONWAY DD-507 IN HAWAII, AND WENT TO PHILIPPINES. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN THEATER RIBBON WITH ONE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON WITH THREE STARS, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH ONE STAR. ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1943. DISCHARGED IN APRIL 1946.