Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 5 APRIL 1943 AT WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 14 JUNE 1943 TO 25 APRIL 1945 ABOARD USS WASHINGTON (BB-56) DURING THE GILBERT AND MARSHALL ISLANDS CAMPAIGN, THE MARIANA AND PALAU ISLANDS CAMPAIGN, AND THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 29 MAY 1945 AT USN HOSPITAL, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.