Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Honored By
George M. Constans
Forward observer for the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion in Italy, Southern France, Germany and Austria. Sixty-six Battle Units in Salerno, Venafro, Cassino, Anzio, San Raphael. France invasion in Lyon, Dijon, Alps, Rhine, Maginot and Siegfried Lines. Served in the Battle of the Bulge in Nuremberg, Salzburg, Austria, almost 600 days and nights of combat.