Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pittston, Pennsylvania
INDUCTED INTO SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 16, 1942. SERVED OVERSEAS WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN HAWAII, AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PAGO PAGO AND JAPAN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND THE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION.