Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ashton, Iowa
Honored By
Julie A. Boston
Relationship
Daughter
WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY AND SERVED AS A SCOUT. HE WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED IN OCT. 1944 NEAR AACHEN, GERMANY. HE WAS HELD IN A GERMAN POW HOSPITAL IN OBERMAASFELD, GERMANY UNTIL LIBERATED IN THE APRIL OF 1945.