Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Akeley, Minnesota
Honored By
Family
SERGEANT. SERVED FROM JUNE 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1946 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY ON BOTH UTAH AND OMAHA BEACHHEADS. ALSO SERVED IN RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION OF GERMANY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON.