Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wallkill, New York
Honored By
Daughter
ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1942. SERVED WITH 124TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AS A MEDIC IN THE DIXIE DIVISION TO DECEMBER 1945. RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR FOR HEROISM DURING THE BATTLE AT COLGAN WOODS ON ISLAND OF MINDANAO. ALSO AWARDED PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED FROM BOMB FRAGMENTS.