Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Santa Ana, California
Honored By
Ms. Margaret M. McGaffigan
Commanding Officer, Bomber Squadron 306, Solomon Islands; Commanding Officer. Bomber Squadron 99, Saipan; Commanding Officer, Bomber Squadron 150, USS Lake Champlain CVS-39; Commanding Officer, Bomber Squadron 153, USS Kearsarge CV-33; Air Officer, USS Essex CV-9; Commanding Officer, Naval Air Reserve Training Unit, Naval Air Station (NAS), Lakehurst, New Jersey. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals.