Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Rosalie Ferraioli
Relationship
Wife
TECHNICAL SERGEANT. SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS AN AERIAL ENGINEER ASSIGNED TO THE 13TH AIR FORCE LONG RANGER 307TH BOMB GROUP, 372ND BOMB SQUADRON AS TOP TURRET GUNNER IN THE B-24 LIBERATOR. FOUGHT IN LUZON, NEW GUINEA AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. WAS AWARDED AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, MARKSMAN PISTOL MEDAL, HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, PHILIPPINE AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.