Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Muncie, Indiana
JOINED ARMY MARCH 1943; TRAINED WITH 303RD COMBAT ENGINEERS, 78TH DIVISION IN CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA. MANEUVERS IN TENNESSEE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 1944; THEN TO CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA. ENTERED COMBAT DECEMBER 1944, BATTLE OF THE BULGE; CROSSED REMAGEN BRIDGE MARCH 1945. WENT TO BERLIN AS PART OF 78TH DIVISION OCCUPATION FORCE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED JANUARY 1946.