Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Foster, Nebraska
Honored By
Jack Eugene Cox
DRAFTED INTO U.S. ARMY AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS DECEMBER 1944. TRAINED AT CAMP HOOD, TEXAS, FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND CAMP RUCKER, ALABAMA. JOINED 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION AT BAGUIO, LINGUYEN GULF, PHILIPPINES SEPTEMBER 1945. MOVED WITH 32ND TO FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN OCTOBER 1945. TRANSFERRED TO 92ND MILITARY GOVERNMENT TEAM FEBRUARY 1946. SERVED IN OFFICER GRADE POSITIONS AT OITA, KYUSHU, JAPAN AS A STAFF SERGEANT UNTIL DISCHARGE AT CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA IN NOVEMBER 1946.