Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Colby, Kansas
Honored By
Raymond E. Beery
Relationship
Brother
ENTERED JUNE 3, 1943. WAS A 5TH GRADE TECHNICIAN AND SERVED IN THE BATTERY C, 838TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY RIBBON. INVADED THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IN 1944 AND CONTINUED ON THROUGH GERMANY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. HE WAS DISCHARGED APRIL 1946.