Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Southgate, California
Honored By
Janice M. Andrson
Relationship
Wife
DRAFTED 11/1944, SEPARATED 11/1946. SERVED IN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES AND GUAM. IN 2ND SQUAD, 2ND PLATOON, C COMPANY, 167TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, 31ST INFANTRY DIVISION, ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD. WAS AT LEYTE, FIELD ARTILLERY, COAST ARTILLERY AND ORDINANCE. IN 1946 TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE. CONTRACTED MALARIA AND INFECTIONS BUT REFUSED PURPLE HEART.