Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mahwah, New Jersey
Honored By
Eleanor Balogh
Relationship
Wife
SERVED FROM 1940 TO 1946. CONVOY DUTY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON USS NIBLACK DD-424, 1940-1945. RESCUED SURVIVORS OF USS REUBEN JAMES AND HMS HOLCOMB. PARTICIPATED IN INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, SALERNO, ANZIO AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. ON PATROL DURING OCCUPATION OF JAPAN ON USS CECIL DD-835, 1945-1946 AND USS DUNCAN, 1946. EARNED 7 MEDALS WITH 8 BATTLE STARS.