Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Collingswood, New Jersey
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN COAST GUARD SERVICE ON DECEMBER 8, 1941, THE DAY FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY ON DECEMBER 26, 1941. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND CONTINUED IN COAST GUARD AND LATER U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.