Served aboard USS Arizona. Brother of Mrs. Stella A. Romano of Acme, Wyoming. Enlisted on September 23, 1939. Completed boot camp and Sea School in San Diego and joined Marine detachment aboard USS Arizona on February 17, 1940. Learned the main weapon of his 5-inch battery so well that he advanced to gun captain, a rank normally reserved for sergeants. Listed upon Courts of the Missing. Awarded Purple Heart.