Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Crookston, Minnesota
Honored By
Our Lady of the Pines Church
FIRST LIEUTENANT. ENTERED THE CHAPLAIN SERVICE IN JULY 1941. STATIONED AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON; FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA; AND CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA. IN NOVEMBER 1942, WENT OVER WITH THE FIRST CONVOY TO NORTH AFRICA AS REGIMENTAL CHAPLAIN. KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH AFRICA THEATRE IN SICILY ON JULY 18, 1943.