Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Vineland, New Jersey
Honored By
Grateful American
SERVED ABOARD THE USS BUTLER, A MINESWEEPER. TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA IN 1945. THE USS BUTLER SHIPPED OUT FOR THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN JANUARY 3, 1945. ON MAY 25TH, 1945 A KAMIKAZE PILOT HIT THE BUTLER. HE SURVIVED.