Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dayton, Ohio
Honored By
Almar S. Fraley
Relationship
Self
INDUCTED IN JANUARY 1944. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ADAIR, OREGON. ADVANCE TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. SENT OVERSEAS LATE DECEMBER ON SS AMERICA TROOPSHIP. SAW FIRST ACTION IN LATE DECEMBER IN ALSACE-LORRAINE. CAPTURED OUTSIDE SAARBRUCKEN IN JANUARY 1945. MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE FOR 3 MONTHS. ENDED UP IN AUGSBURG, GERMANY. RETURNED TO AMERICAN FORCES IN EARLY MAY 1945. RETURNED TO THE U.S. EARLY JUNE 1945. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1945.