Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Albany, New York
Honored By
RMCS M.J. Lynett, USN (Ret)
Enlisted in the United States Navy 19 February 1944 and attended basic training at Naval Training Center, Sampson, New York. Served as a Coxswain aboard the USS Vincennes (CA-44) in the South Pacific theater until the wars end. Awarded the American Theater Medal, Asiatic-Pacific theater Medal with 6 stars, Philippine Liberation Medal with 2 stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably Discharged 4 May 1946.