Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Honored By
Peter J. Hannon
Relationship
Brother
ENLISTED 20 FEBRUARY 1941; REPORTED ABOARD USS OKLAHOMA 3 SEPTEMBER 1941; SURVIVED PEARL HARBOR (CUT OUT OF USS OKLAHOMA); REPORTED ABOARD USS HAZELWOOD 18 JUNE 1943; PARTICIPATED IN ATTACKS ON TARAWA, WAKE ISLAND, SEIZURE OF THE GILBERT ISLANDS AND ENIWETOK IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. KILLED IN ENEMY ATTACK OF USS HAZELWOOD 29 APRIL 1945.