Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE INVASIONS OF SICILY AND SALERNO, ITALY. WHILE SERVING ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS BRISTOL, HE WAS A SURVIVOR OF ITS 1943 SINKING BY ENEMY FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.