Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
New York City, New York
Honored By
Barbara A. Cofer
Relationship
Daughter
VOLUNTEERED AT AGE 47, AFTER SERVING WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN FRANCE IN WWI. TRAINED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, THEN SENT TO QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS MADE FIRE MARSHALL. HIS BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN LIFE WAS NOT GETTING OVERSEAS IN WWII. HE HAD A WIFE AND TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS WHEN HE VOLUNTEERED IN 1942.