Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Methuen, Massachusetts
Honored By
James V. Wetmore
Relationship
Son
ENLISTED IN 1939 AND SERVED 2 FULL 4 YEAR ENLISTMENTS. HE WAS RECRUITING OFFICER AT OTTAWA, IOWA IN 1942 AND 1943. AFTER THIS ASSIGNMENT, HE WAS CALLED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND TRAINED TO TAKE PART IN THE INVASION ON IWO JIMA. WAS DISCHARGED IN 1947 AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. HE WAS ONE OF THREE BROTHERS SERVING IN THE MARINE CORPS DURING WWII.