Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Langeloth, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Janice A. Gunn
Relationship
Wife
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND A MEMBER OF THE TOKYO BAY OCCUPATION FORCE YF-31. PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL LANDING AND OCCUPATION OF THE TOKYO BAY AREA AND THE CAPTURE OF THE HIJMS NAGATO WHICH SYMBOLIZED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE NAVY IN AUGUST, 1945.