Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Jersey
Honored By
Edward & Beatrice Kessler
Relationship
Brother & Sister-in-law
HE WAS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. SERVED FROM NOVEMBER 1942 TO JULY 1946. SERVED ON THE USS WARRINGTON DD-383. WHILE ON THE USS WARRINGTON, THE USS HYADES AF-28 WAS TORPEDOED; HE AND SEVERAL OTHER CREW MEMBERS JUMPED IN CONTINUOUSLY TO RESCUE THE FALLEN SOLDIERS.