Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Flint, Michigan
Honored By
COL John W. Hall
Relationship
Son
GRADUATED FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL 'ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, MARYLAND' ON MAY 8, 1943. LANDED IN NORTH AFRICA ON JUNE 13, 1943, SERVED AS A RIFLE PLATOON LEADER IN GENERAL PATTON'S II CORPS. MOVED WITH II CORPS AND 5TH ARMY ACROSS AFRICA, UP THE BOOT OF ITALY, AND INTO FRANCE AND GERMANY. COMMANDED THREE COMPANIES DURING THIS TIME, ENDING WITH HIS LAST COMMAND, THE 907TH ORDNANCE HEAVY AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE COMPANY APO 758. ON JULY 7, 1945, HE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE BRONZE STAR. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN FRANCE, 1944.