Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Honored By
Rosalie Wagaman
Relationship
Wife
SERVED WITH 143RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AT MONTE CASSINO, LIBERATION OF NAPLES AND LIBERATION OF ROME. PARTICIPATED IN INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE IN 2ND WAVE ASSAULT ON GREEN BEACH. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED NEAR GRENOBLE, FRANCE AND INTERNED AS PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG VB, VILLINGEN, STALAG XIIIC, HAMMELBURG, STALAG XIIID, NURNBERG-LANGWASSER, AND FINALLY LIBERATED FROM STALAG VIIA MOOSBURG. RETURNED STATESIDE MAY 18, 1945.