Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Reading, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Marie Pannebaker
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD IN SEPTEMBER 1939. TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. ARMY. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN FORT STEWART, GEORGIA. SERVED IN GERMANY, ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND CURACAO, WEST INDIES AS A COMMUNICATION CHIEF. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND BRONZE STAR WITH 5 BATTLE STARS. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1945.