Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Erie, Pennsylvania
Honored By
An Indebted American
SERVED AS A SECOND CLASS BOATSWAIN'S MATE ABOARD THE USS JAMES O'HARA. FOUGHT IN SICILY, SALERNO, NORTH AFRICA, SAIPAN, NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, IWO JIMA, AND LEYTE GULF (MARIANA TURKEY SHOOT) WHERE HIS SHIP WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE.