Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Washington, Pennsylvania
Honored By
John Evans
Relationship
Brother-in-law
Enlisted October 1942. Trained at Parris Island, South Carolina and Cherry Point, North Carolina. Saw action at Tarawa (Gilbert Islands) Engebi (Marshall Islands) Saipan (Mariana Islands). Carried British prisoners from Singapore to Pearl Harbor aboard merchant marine ship. Discharged January 1945 at Eagle Mountain Lake in Fort Worth, Texas.