Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Max, North Dakota
Honored By
Florence J. Melchior
Relationship
Sister
ENLISTED MAY 1941. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA AND FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. COMPLETED SUB-TROPICAL TRAINING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI; DESERT TRAINING IN ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO THE ANTI-TANK CORPS, 20TH INFANTRY, 6TH DIVISION. SERVED AT LUZON, NEW GUINEA AND THE PHILIPPINES. WOUNDED IN ACTION. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN AUGUST 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED. AWARDED PURPLE HEART.