Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Jessica Ghiglione
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED IN COMPANY B, 117TH INFANTRY. SPECIALIZED AS A LIGHT MORTAR CREWMAN. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY. WAS CAPTURED AND SPENT 10 MONTHS AS A POW. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS.