Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Throop, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT DICKSON CITY, PENNSYLVANIA. FOREIGN SERVICE WITH THE 90TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) FROM JULY 1944 TO MARCH 1945 IN HAWAII, FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER 1945 ON IWO JIMA, AND FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN OCTOBER 1945 IN POST-WAR JAPAN. RETURNED TO STATES ON 8 NOVEMBER 1945. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 19 NOVEMBER 1945 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.