Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM JULY 11, 1942 UNTIL HIS DEATH WAS DECLARED ON MARCH 23, 1945. SERVED WITH MARINE BOMBING SQUADRON VMB-41. DECLARED KILLED IN ACTION AFTER HIS PLANE FAILED TO RETURN FROM A MISSION TO RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN ON MARCH 21, 1944. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.