Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Toms River, New Jersey
Honored By
Grateful American
CORPORAL. SERVED ON THE ASSAULT DEMOLITION TEAMS OF C COMPANY, 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION. ON FEBRUARY 19, 1945, THEY LANDED ON THE EXTREME LEFT FLANK OF GREEN BEACH IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT SURIBACHI. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE FIRST WAVE OF MARINES IN THE BATTLE.