Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Linda K. Peters
Relationship
Daughter
4TH INFANTRY, 22ND REGIMENT. INDUCTED JUNE 1, 1944. RANK: SERGEANT. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE. TRANSPORTED BY QUEEN MARY TO GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. ARRIVED NOVEMBER 9, 1944. LANDED ON UTAH BEACH MID-NOVEMBER 1944. ADVANCED THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY. WOUNDED NOVEMBER 23, 1944. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, MARKSMAN BADGE M1 RIFLE, BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY) AND CROIX DE GUERRE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED MAY 6, 1946.