Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chatfield, Minnesota
Honored By
Mark K. Nagel
Relationship
Son-in-law
SERGEANT. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE AS AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 447TH BOMB GROUP, 709TH SQUADRON FROM NOVEMBER 1943 TO JULY 1945. PARTICIPATED IN AIR OFFENSIVES IN EUROPE, MAY 1945; NORMANDY, MAY 1945; NORTHERN FRANCE, MAY 1945; ARDENNES, MAY 1945; RHINELAND, MAY 1945 AND CENTRAL EUROPE, JUNE 1945.