Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gary, Indiana
Honored By
The Edmund Golan Family
U.S. NAVY (1942-1946). CAMPAIGN: ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA, WAS ON THE USS CHICAGO, WAS A SHIP'S BAKER. ALSO ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW DURING BATTLE STATIONS. AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON FOR SURFACE COMBAT OPERATIONS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. WAS A PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS. DECEASED 1992.