Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM NOVEMBER 4, 1939 UNTIL NOVEMBER 8, 1946. SERVED WITH THE 3RD DEFENSE BATTALION AT PEARL HARBOR AND GUADALCANAL. LATER SERVED WITH THE 1ST PROVISIONAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GROUP AT KAUI AND AT OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.