Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 28 AUGUST 1942 AT SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 16 OCTOBER 1942 TO 14 MARCH 1944 ABOARD USS TAYLOR (DD-468), FIRST IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THEN IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. ALSO, SEA SERVICE FROM 15 MARCH 1944 TO 10 JUNE 1945 AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS HYMAN (DD-732) IN THE PACIFIC. FINAL SEA SERVICE FROM 10 AUGUST 1945 TO 10 NOVEMBER 1945 ABOARD USS BLACK HAWK (AD-9) FOR TWO WEEKS, THEN BACK ABOARD USS HYMAN (DD-732) SUPPORTING POST-WAR OCCUPATION AND REPATRIATION. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 19 NOVEMBER 1945 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.