Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON JUNE 1, 1944. SERVED ABOARD THE USS PRAIRIE, USS UPSHUR AND THE USS HERRING. WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHEN THE USS HERRING WAS SUNK NEAR POINT TAGAN, MATSUWA ISLAND, KURILES. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.