Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wells, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
ENLISTED WITH THE NAVY AND WAS PLACED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED AS AVIATION CHIEF MACHINIST MATE ABOARD VESSELS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS DURING WWII. HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL MEDALS FOR COMBAT AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVY AT NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA FLORIDA IN 1946.