Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Children
APPRENTICE SEAMAN. ACTIVE DUTY JUNE 16, 1945. ASSIGNED TO LST 1048. HAULED TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, CHINA, JAPAN AND BORNEO. AFTER THE WAR ENDED, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO USS RAWLINS. SAILED THROUGH THE PACIFIC, PANAMA CANAL TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. DISCHARGED AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; AUGUST 9, 1946. AWARDS: AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON.