Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Schenectady, New York
Honored By
M. J. Lynett
HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT HOME TO JOIN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AND WAS STATIONED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. WAS AT IWO JIMA WHEN THEY RAISED THE FLAG ON MT. SURIBACHI. HE WAS DISCHARGED AS A CORPORAL IN 1945.