Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Ashley, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM JULY 23, 1942 UNTIL OCTOBER 18, 1945. SERVED ABOARD THE FOLLOWING MERCHANT SHIPS: SS HOWARD M. HANNA, JR., SS CHARLES M. SCHWAB AND THE SS F.A. FERBERT. ALSO SERVED ABOARD THE USS SHELIAK (AKA-62). PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.