Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AFTER ENLISTING IN 1942. IN 1944 HE SHIPPED OUT TO NORMANDY, FRANCE. HIS UNIT WAS CHARGED WITH BUILDING BARGES USED TO CARRY SOLDIERS FROM SHIP TO SHORE AFTER THE D-DAY INVASION. HE RETURNED TO THE STATES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY 1946 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.