Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Kingston, Missouri
Honored By
Mr. Dean Gentry
80TH INFANTRY, 3RD ARMY. DECEMBER 1944 TO MAY 8, 1945. SERVED IN 3 CAMPAIGNS: BATTLE OF THE BULGE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AFTER WAR, WHILE IN THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, WAS A GUARD OF HERMAN GOERING AND OTHERS IN THE COURTROOM AT THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN NUREMBERG, DURING THE WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS.