Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Eldon, Missouri
RECEIVED MEDICAL BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP BARKLEY, TEXAS AND ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. ASSIGNED TO THE 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE. BECAME PRISONER OF WAR IN DECEMBER 1944. DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1945.