Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
AT 17 HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORP AND SERVED WITH THE 4TH MARINE DIVISION IN THE PACIFIC IN SAIPAN. IN JULY 1944, HE WAS WOUNDED DURING THE INVASION OF TINIAN AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 16 MONTHS. HE EARNED A PURPLE HEART.