Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 8 DECEMBER 1943 AT SAMPSON NAVAL TRAINING BASE, NEW YORK. SEA SERVICE FROM 3 JULY 1945 TO 1 JANUARY 1946 ABOARD USS WALLER (DD-466) FIRST PREPARING FOR THE PROJECTED INVASION OF JAPAN, THEN JOINING THE YANGTZE PATROL IN SUPPORTING MINESWEEPING OPERATIONS AROUND SHANGHAI, CHINA. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 15 JANUARY 1946 AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.