Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hutchinson, Kansas
Honored By
Douglas L. Hendrixson
Relationship
Son
PACIFIC THEATER. SERVED WITH 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION 'TROPICAL LIGHTNING' IN CORREGIDOR, THE PHILIPPINES, MARSHALL ISLANDS AND SOLOMON ISLANDS. SERVED IN MORTAR PLATOON AND WAS CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN LEFT ARM BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY SHRAPNEL, NEARLY LOSING IT, LATE 1944. THIS OCCURRED ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND OF LUZON.