Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Elmira, New York
Honored By
The Bellows Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION BUFFALO, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAMPSON, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, NAVAL STATION KEY WEST, FLORIDA, NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA, RECEIVING STATION NAVY 3149 SAMAR ISLAND, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, COMMANDER NAVAL OPERATING BASE LEYTE GULF, SAMAR ISLAND, COMMANDER LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK) GROUP 96, LCT DIVISION 153 AND USS HERALD OF THE MORNING AP-173. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.