Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Big Spring, Texas
Honored By
Wanda Bengoechea
Relationship
Niece
SERVED IN MERCHANT MARINES IN LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S. WHEN WWII BROKE OUT, HE RE-ENLISTED AND KEPT HIS OLD RANK. RECEIVED 5 MEDALS FOR COMBAT SERVICE. SERVED IN BOTH THE MEDITERRANEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF THE WAR.