Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE COMPLETED OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL AT QUANTICO. AT AGE 22 HE WAS SENT TO THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AS AN OFFICER IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION, FIRST AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR BATTALION, AT PELELIU, WITH FOUR UNITS UNDER HIM. RECIPIENT OF TWO PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS FOR SERVICE IN OKINAWA AND PELELIU.