Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norwichtown, Connecticut
Honored By
The Way Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING CENTER (BASIC ENGINE SCHOOL), GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; RECEIVING STATION, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL ADVANCE BASE, NAVY 140, ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES; AND NAVAL ADVANCE BASE, NAVY 131, NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA (FOR HARBOR TUG YTL-317). AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.