Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AT RECEIVING STATION, NAVY 3964, TACLOBAN, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; COMMANDER MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRONS PHILIPPINE SEA FRONTIER FOR FURTHER ASSIGNMENT SEAPLANE REPAIR BASE, NAVY 3864, MANICANI ISLAND, LEYTE GULF, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; AND NAVY 3149 SAMAR ISLAND, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.