Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Gustave A. Wolf
USS RALEIGH CL-7 PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941 COMMANDING OFFICER PC 1235, EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COMMANDING OFFICER USS GILLIGAN DE-508, KAMIKAZE HIT WITH LOSS OF 10 MEN AT LINGAYEN GULF, LUZON, HIT WITH AERIAL TORPEDO WHICH DID NOT EXPLODE BUT CAUSED A HOLE ABOVE WATER AT OKINAWA.