Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mystic, Connecticut
Honored By
The Orris Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; FIGHTING SQUADRON 23, ABOARD USS PRINCETON CVL-23, USS SAIDOR CVE-117 AND USS TARAWA CV-40. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 7 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.