Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Riverton, Nebraska
Honored By
Arlen R. Warwick
SERVED IN EUROPEAN THEATER. BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 422ND COMPANY D, 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON'S COMMAND. WAS A SECTION CHIEF OVER FOUR PLATOONS. POW CAPTURED IN OCTOBER 1944 AT LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY, TAKEN TO STALAG #9 AT HERFORD, GERMANY. LIBERATED BY U.S. TROOPS IN FEBRUARY 1945 AND PUT BACK ON FRONT LINES. HONORABLE DISCHARGE, AWARDED TWO PURPLE HEARTS, BRONZE STAR, TWO BATTLE STARS AND MANY RIBBONS.