Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
West Haven, Connecticut
Honored By
The Gray Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS WITH NAVY V-12 UNIT, TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (GUNNER'S MATE), NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; ADVANCE TRAINING BASE, CAMP BRADFORD; NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; USS LST 669; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY; NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CENTER AND V-12 UNIT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK; AND NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, CAMP PEARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN AREA MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH TWO BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.