Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Branchdale, Pennsylvania
FOUGHT IN COMBAT IN GERMANY AND FRANCE AS AN ASSISTANT SQUAD LEADER. HE WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT THIGH BY A SNIPER. RETURNED TO THE FRONT UNTIL THE END OF WAR. STAYED IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY. DISCHARGED MAY 11, 1946. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. UNIT WAS COMPANY G, 274TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 70TH DIVISION.