Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM AUGUST 19, 1940 UNTIL NOVEMBER 19, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 11TH DEFENSE BATTALION, 1ST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS AND THE 8TH 155MM GUN BATTALION, III CORPS ARTILLERY. SERVED IN ICELAND AND SAW ACTION AT NEW GEORGIA, PELELIU AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.