Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 19 APRIL 1944 TO MAY 1944 ABOARD USS SC-1484, WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO THE SOVIET UNION FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING (RECLASSIFIED AS BO-213). ADDITIONAL SEA SERVICE FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 TO 2 MARCH 1946 AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS PC-825. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 18 APRIL 1946 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.