Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ironwood, Michigan
Honored By
Anne Forslund, Margaret Novak, Mary Oie & Marcia Jacobson
Relationship
Sisters & Niece
HE SERVED IN THE INFANTRY FROM OCTOBER 19, 1942 TO NOVEMBER 14, 1945 AS AN AUTO RIFLEMAN 746 IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, WHICH INCLUDED ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY. HE RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, 2 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS, PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.