Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Somerville, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED AS MASTER ON THE MERCHANT SHIP 'MARGARET' WHICH WAS TORPEDOED BY GERMAN U-571 OFF CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA WHILE ENROUTE FROM PUERTO RICO TO NEW YORK ON APRIL 14, 1942. AWARDED THE MERCHANT MARINER'S MEDAL AND MERCHANT MARINE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.