Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jewett City, Connecticut
Honored By
The Benarick Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ABOARD USS ORIZABA AP-24, USS HASKELL APA-117 AND SMALL CRAFT TRAINING CENTER TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN AREA MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.