Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Honored By
Nadine Panek
Relationship
Daughter
SERVING ON A PT BOAT, HE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS COMBAT PATROLS AGAINST ENEMY SHIPS IN WHICH MANY ENEMY VESSELS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND ON ONE OCCASION WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING DOWN A JAPANESE PLANE WHICH WAS DIVING ON ANOTHER SHIP. HIS PT BOAT WAS CREDITED WITH ASSISTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY ENEMY PLANES.