Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
SERVED FROM 1943 THROUGH 1946. WAS A MONTFORD POINT MARINE. SERVED ON IWO JIMA IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. HIS UNIT WAS 'THE CLEAN UP CREW', THEY RETRIEVED THE DEAD AND WOUNDED FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE. WOUNDED BY A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL IN HIS LEFT LEG. RECIPIENT OF A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.