Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 8 JUNE 1944 AT WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 28 JUNE 1945 TO 14 AUGUST 1945 ABOARD USS NOBLE (APA-218), PARTICIPATING IN THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN, THEN AT NAVAL BASE BUCKNER (NAKAGUSUKU) BAY, OKINAWA, UNTIL 27 DECEMBER 1945, BEFORE RETURNING TO THE STATES ABOARD USS SAGINAW BAY (CVE-82) AS PART OF OPERATION MAGIC CARPET, ARRIVING AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ON 15 JANUARY 1946. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 22 JANUARY 1946 AT LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.