Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Montague, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SERVED AS A SEABEE FROM 1943-1946. THE RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART, FOR BEING BAYONETED AND SHOT THREE DAYS AFTER THE WAR ENDED. ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE PLATOON.