Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
North Lewisburg, Ohio
Honored By
Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr.
Relationship
Son
SERVED AS COMBAT INFANTRY SCOUT WITH COMPANY H, 185TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN NEW GUINEA AND THE PHILIPPINES. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR WITH VALOR DEVICE AND OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF WAR MEDAL WITH BATTLE STAR, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION. BURIED AT NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC IN HONOLULU, HAWAII PLOT 0-480.