Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM DECEMBER 13, 1942 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON MARCH 21, 1944. SERVED WITH THE SEA COAST ARTILLERY GROUP, 2ND DEFENSE BATTALION, 5TH AMPHIBIOUS CORPS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT TARAWA WHEN AN ARMY PLANE LANDED IN AN EMERGENCY ON TOP OF THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING.