Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Mrs. Nanci Anderson
Medical Detachment 1258th SCSU, Medical Technician, Surgical Technician. Actual combat with the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal; successfully executed forced landing assaults against a number of strongly defended Japanese positions on Tulagi, Gavutu, Tanambogo, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands; seizing a base and airfield within enemy zone of operations in the South Pacific Ocean.