(Vishnu) “’Kisan’ (Pandit) took great pride in being employed by the United States Navy, which he very proudly served in various capacities as a civilian for over 25 years,”...
It didn’t mention citizenship.
The Huffington Post had an article on him and he had been here since the last 70’s, I am going to assume he was a citizen by now. I was thinking H-1B contract programmer.