Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Larksville, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 9, 1944 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON DECEMBER 21, 1944. SERVED ABOARD LST 749. WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE SULU SEA NEAR MINDORO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WHEN HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.