Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lemmon, South Dakota
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND ENTERED INTO ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 8, 1942 AT ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA. HE WAS ATTACHED TO SQUADRON I ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT. HE SERVED OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S. FROM DECEMBER 8, 1942 TO DECEMBER 24, 1944. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL AND AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL WITH OVERSEAS BARS. HE WAS A MARINE ENGINEER. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS CORPORAL ON OCTOBER 29, 1945 FROM HUNTERS FIELD, GEORGIA.