Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Clermont, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Forrest Sprester
DRAFTED IN 1945; BASIC TRAINING IN THE ARMY ENGINEERS AT FORT LEONARD WOOD. ADVANCED COMBAT TRAINING WHILE ON MANEUVERS IN CALIFORNIA HEADED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER. THE WAR ENDED SO HE SERVED AS A COOK AND MESS SERGEANT THEN PROMOTED AND PUT IN CHARGE OF RETURNING TROOPS TO DISCHARGE CENTERS THROUGH OUT THE UNITED STATES.