Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Avoca, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM MARCH 15, 1944 UNTIL MAY 10, 1946. SERVED ABOARD THE USS VICKSBURG (CL-86). HE WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE RAISING OF THE FLAG AT IWO JIMA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.