Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Overton, Nebraska
Honored By
William Moomey
ENTERED SERVICE MAY 1943, DISCHARGED APRIL 1946. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, 66TH INFANTRY. TROOPSHIP LEOPOLDVILLE TORPEDOED AND SUNK DECEMBER 24, 1944. 802 DEATHS. HE SURVIVED.