Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Canton, Ohio
Honored By
Family
PARACHUTE TRAINING AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA; GLIDER SCHOOL AT ORLEANS, FRANCE. SERVED IN EUROPEAN THEATER IN D BATTERY, 460TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY OF 517TH PARACHUTE COMBAT TEAM IN 5 MAJOR CAMPAIGNS. COMBAT JUMP INTO SOUTHERN FRANCE IN 1944. TRANSFERRED TO 82ND AIRBORNE AND TRANSPORTED TO BERLIN. RETURNED TO THE U.S. FROM BERLIN IN 1945.