Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Savanna, Illinois
Honored By
Wendy Baldridge
Relationship
Daughter
Served in the European Theater of Operations with the 667th Field Artillery Battalion. This group moved where needed and served with the 82nd Airborne, 75th Division, 9th armored and 99th Infantry. The artillery battalion served in the Battle of the Bulge, Ruhr Pocket, Cologne Plains, Remagen and the collapse of the Ludendorff bridge. He served proudly in the 1st and 3rd Armies.