Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Streator, Illinois
Honored By
Dan Churney
Relationship
Son
SERVED IN THE 90TH PORT COMPANY. PARTICIPATED IN INVASIONS OF SICILY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. HE WAS SERVING ABOARD USS ROBERT ROWAN WHEN IT WAS HIT AND DESTROYED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT BOMBS JULY 11, 1943 NEAR GELA, SICILY.