Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 7 JANUARY 1929 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. WORLD WAR II SEA/FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 19 DECEMBER 1941 ABOARD USS TUTUILA (PR-4), YANGTZE PATROL GUNBOAT, WHERE IT REMAINED IN PORT AT CHUNGKING, CHINA, DUE TO JAPANESE BLOCKADE OF THE YANGTZE RIVER, THEN REMAINED AT CHUNGKING UNTIL 26 APRIL 1945 WITH THE NAVAL ATTACHE OFFICE AFTER THE BOAT WAS GIVEN TO CHINA UNDER LEND-LEASE. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES ON 28 JUNE 1945. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 25 OCTOBER 1949 AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.