Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lynxville, Wisconsin
Honored By
Deirdre Weber
Relationship
Daughter
TRAINED IN LOUISIANA. ATTACHED AS A MACHINE GUNNER TO MICHIGAN ENGINEERS; SENT TO EUROPE. TRAINED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND CORNWALL. SENT TO OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY; FOUGHT IN NORMANDY. MARCHED IN THE LIBERATION OF PARIS. FOUGHT IN BELGIUM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. OTHER ACTION: BRIDGE AT REMAGEN, LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD, FINAL DEPLOYMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.