Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Honored By
Mr. Nelson Spoto
AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT AS BOMBER AND GUNNER ON A PLANE ATTACHED TO THE USS SUWANEE DURING THE ASSAULT ON AND OCCUPATION OF FRENCH MOROCCO. KILLED ABOARD A PLANE THAT CRASHED DURING A COMBAT MISSION OVER TINIAN ISLAND, THE MARIANA ISLANDS.