Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Joseph Stephen Kramer
Relationship
Son
AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS. WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AS A TURRET GUNNER OF A TORPEDO PLANE IN AIR GROUP EIGHT WHILE ATTACHED TO THE USS BUNKER HILL DURING THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA ON JUNE 20, 1944. ALSO RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.