Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Grateful American
SERVED ABOARD THE USS MIANTONOMOH. THE SHIP LEFT GRAVESEND BAY IN MAY 1944 TO ASSIST WITH THE ALLIED FORCES INVASION OF NORMANDY. SEPTEMBER 1944 THE SHIP HIT A MINE AND SUNK OFF THE COAST OF LE HAVRE. SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION.