Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Marinette, Wisconsin
Honored By
Dr. Frank Ellis
Medical Corps. 1st battalion Surgeon, 274th Infantry, part of Task Force Herren and the 70th Infantry Division. Unit fought in Vosges Mountains in Alsace-Lorraine, bearing the brunt of the pincher maneuver of the Ardennes Offensive. This helped break up the final German offensive, Nordwind. Captured Saarbrucken and reached Mainz and Rhine.