Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
South Amboy, New Jersey
Honored By
NJ American Legion Post 1000
served aboard the merchant ship Examelia as radio officer. his ship was torpedoed by a German u-68 20 miles south of the cape of good hope on October 9,1942. u-68 was sunk by aircraft from the USS Guadalcanal northwest of Madeira, Portugal on April 10, 1944. decorations: American campaign medal and WWII victory medal.