Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Rockaway, New Jersey
Honored By
Kenneth R. Williams
Served on the destroyer USS Gregory in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The USS Gregory was severely damaged by kamikaze planes while on picket station off Okinawa. The USS Gregory shot down 6 Japanese planes and rescued 9 U.S. Navy pilots during the war.