Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Otis, Kansas
Honored By
Charles L. Hansen
ENTERED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1942. INDUCTED AT FORT LOGAN, COLORADO; BASIC TRAINING IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. TELEPHONE LINESMAN AND WIRE SCHOOL AT CAMP PINEDALE, CALIFORNIA; QUALIFIED FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS). ASSIGNED TO 432ND SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION; BELL TELEPHONE SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTED LINES FOR RANGERS, SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST, PARKER DAM, ARIZONA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA. TO CHINA-BURMA-INDIA, ERECTED LINES ALONG LEDO ROAD (CALLED THE STILLWELL ROAD) AND BURMA ROAD TO KUEI-YANG, CHINA. SERVED FOR 37 1/2 MONTHS.