Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
SERVED WITH THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, 12TH DEFENSE UNIT, ENLISTING IN JUNE 1942 AND BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JUNE 14, 1946 AS A CORPORAL. DEPLOYED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC HE EXPERIENCED FIERCE COMBAT ON WOODLARK, CAPE GLOUCESTER, NEW BRITAIN AND ESPECIALLY PELELIU IN THE PALAU ISLANDS.