Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Exeter, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Fred R. Demech, Jr. USN (Ret)
Relationship
Cousin
SERVED ON BOARD THE USS RIDDLE DE-185 FROM JANUARY 1944 UNTIL WAR'S END. SHIP EARNED ELEVEN BATTLE STARS AND ON JULY 4, 1944 THE USS RIDDLE SANK A JAPANESE SUBMARINE. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA.