Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM JANUARY 8, 1942 UNTIL OCTOBER 19, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN AN 81 MM MORTAR SQUAD. SAW ACTION IN THE NORTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND LUZON CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.