Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Manchester, Connecticut
Honored By
Kenneth I. Chapman
BASIC AND GLIDER TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG. ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM, CARNEGIE TECH, BASIC ENGINEERING FROM SEPTEMBER 1943 TO MARCH 1944. SERVED WITH THE 95TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN COMBAT AS BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE (BAR) RIFLEMAN. ADVANCED THROUGH METZ, FRANCE, TO SAARLAUTERN, GERMANY. WOUNDED ON DECEMBER 5, 1944. SERVED IN RAIL TRANSPORTATION OFFICE UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE U.S. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL.