Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP MS THOMAS DONALDSON IN A CONVOY (JW-65) FROM GOUROCK, ENGLAND TO MURMANSK, RUSSIA. KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 20, 1945 WHEN SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY GERMAN U-968 NEAR KOLA INLET. AWARDED MERCHANT MARINE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND MERCHANT MARINER'S MEDAL.