Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Montclair, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING WWII AFTER HIS SEPTEMBER 30, 1941 GRADUATION FROM THE U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS OCS PROGRAM AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY. HE WAS WOUNDED BY JAPANESE FIRE IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL AND SENT TO AN INVALID HOME IN 1944.