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 AS A COMBAT ENGINEER DURING WWII. HE CAME IN WITH THE FIRST WAVE IN THE NORMANDY INVASION ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. HE ALSO FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE WAS AN EXPERT PISTOL SHOOTER AND WAS AWARDED A DISTINGUISHED PISTOL SHOT MEDAL.