Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Defiance, Ohio
Honored By
Defiance County Veterans Office
LINE COMPANY 102ND INFANTRY. 187 STRAIGHT DAYS AND NIGHTS IN FRONT LINE COMBAT WITH ENEMY WITHOUT A BREAK. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLE OF THE BULGE, ROER RIVER CROSSING, RHINE CROSSING TO ELBE RIVER, THE BATTLE AT THE SIEGFRIED LINE AND THE KEIL CANAL. COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, PURPLE HEART AND BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.