Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Escalante, Utah
Honored By
Stan Pollock
Relationship
Son
MEMBER OF THE 97TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 387TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF RUHR POCKET, ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. REASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER; SCHEDULED FOR OPERATION CORONET, THE INVASION OF THE JAPANESE ISLAND OF HONSHU. SERVED AS PART OF THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. DISCHARGED ON APRIL, 28 1946. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR.