Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Westport Factory, Massachusetts
Honored By
The Handy Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; USS LST 386; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA; AND USS LST 378. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL WITH COMBAT STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH FIVE BRONZE SERVICE STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.