He entered the service on 18 March 1943 from Boston, Massachusetts. He enlisted as a Private; he had one year of high school education, was single, without dependents and his civilian occupation was listed as: "Semiskilled painters, construction and maintenance".

The VA BIRLS death file indicates he was released from active duty on 25 September 1945.

We have him listed on the 437th TCG Special Orders #195, dated 27 December 1943. These were the orders generated at Pope Field (Fort Bragg, NC) for the first phase of movement by air and by rail of the 437th personnel to their eventual overseas deployment.