Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1942 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. SERVED ABOARD THE USS BUTLER (DD-636), OCTOBER 1942 TO MARCH 1943. FOREIGN SERVICE ABOARD LST-335, 25 AUGUST 1943 TO APRIL 1944, INCLUDING THE INVASION OF SICILY, AND ABOARD LST-317 FROM MAY 1944 TO MARCH 1945, INCLUDING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. DISCHARGED ON 28 MARCH 1945 AT NAVAL RECEIVING BARRACKS, LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.