Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Charleston Four Corners, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
In December 1941, right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and joined the First Marine Division. He was in the invasion of Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands on August 7, 1942 and the landings on Cape Glouster, New Britain and Peleliu, Palau Islands.