Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Honored By
Leonard D. Angielczyk
SERVED 1943-1946 AND 1956-1966. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC, MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS. SHIP, THE SS BLACK HAWK, WAS TORPEDOED IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AFTER LEAVING CHERBOURG, FRANCE, DECEMBER 29, 1944. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, STAR AND VICTORY BAR. RECEIVED NEW YORK STATE CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS, PRESIDENT TRUMAN TESTIMONIAL LETTER.