Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Park Falls, Wisconsin
Honored By
Hazel Pritzl Hanson
Relationship
Wife
INFANTRY RIFLE SQUAD LEADER. KILLED IN ACTION ON APRIL 22, 1945 WHILE SERVING WITH COMPANY I, 383RD INFANTRY REGIMENT DURING THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY BY U.S. FORCES, PACIFIC, GENERAL ORDER #347 IN THE YEAR 1945.