Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Springfield, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREWMAN PARTICIPATING IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.