Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Louisville, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SERVED FROM JULY, 1941 UNTIL OCTOBER, 1945, AS A WAREHOUSE FORMAN. SERVED WITH COMPANY C, 87TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY REGIMENT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND THE PO RIVER VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.