Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Honored By
PL
GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1944, AND WAS THEN COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN, AND SERVED ABOARD THE USS DENVER, TAKING PART IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SHIP’S KAMIKAZE ATTACK BY A JAPANESE PILOT ON OCTOBER 28, 1944.