Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Honored By
Cindy Sievers
Relationship
Granddaughter
SERVED IN ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND U.S. APRIL 29, 1942 TO OCTOBER 4, 1945. HONORABLE DISCHARGE. MEMBER OF 38TH DIVISION ('CYCLONE DIVISION') 38TH SIGNAL CORPS 'THE AVENGERS OF BATAAN'. SERVED IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, LUZON AND NEW GUINEA. THE 38TH DIVISION HAD 204 CONTINUOUS DAYS OF COMBAT AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR 27,000 JAPANESE CASUALTIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR.