Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM MAY 29, 1944 UNTIL JUNE 21, 1946. SERVED ABOARD THE USS ESTES (AGC-12) AND THE USS MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8). SAW ACTION AT IWO JIMA AND AT OKINAWA. AWARDED THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND NAVY OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ASIA CLASP.