Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Superior, Nebraska
Honored By
Clara Mae Chambers
Relationship
Sister
INDUCTED AT FORT CROOK, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 6, 1942. SERVED AS TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH LINEMAN; QUALIFIED AS CARBINE MARKSMAN SEPTEMBER 28, 1943; ATTAINED RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE. WITH COMPANY B, 92ND SIGNAL BATTALION IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE; GO 33, WD 45. AWARDED EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. DEPARTED FOR EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EAST THEATER DECEMBER 29, 1943. ARRIVED JANUARY 11, 1944. RETURNED TO UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 25, 1945. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 2, 1945 AT CAMP FANNIN, TEXAS.