Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wyandotte, Michigan
Honored By
Edward A. Zyjewski
Relationship
Son
DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY HE SERVED ON THE USS HENDERSON FOR DEPLOYMENT TO PEARL HARBOR, USS MINNEAPOLIS WHERE HE WAS A SEAMAN INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA WHERE THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED (DURING BATTLE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO TURRET 3 SERVING SHELLS TO GUNNERS MATES), AND USS RUDYERD BAY WHERE HE WAS SEAMAN, MASTER AT ARMS.