Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Windber, Pennsylvania
SERVED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES IN COMPANY C, 7TH INFANTRY FROM DECEMBER 1942 THROUGH OCTOBER 1945, DURING WHICH HE WAS DECORATED WITH MULTIPLE MEDALS INCLUDING: BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS.