Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mahopac Falls, New York
Honored By
Hope Cooley Beach
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED DECEMBER 1, 1943. ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT SAMPSON NAVAL TRAINING BASE, NEW YORK. ATTENDED MEMPHIS RADIO SCHOOL AND PURCELL GUNNERY SCHOOL. FLEW SBD AIRCRAFT AT OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA. SERVED IN VIRGINIA AND MICHIGAN. AFTER HIS AIRPLANE WAS DEMOLISHED IN AN AIR ACCIDENT IN OCEANA, VIRGINIA, HE SPENT 6 MONTHS IN THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT NORFOLK. RECEIVED A MEDICAL DISCHARGE IN NOVEMBER 1946.