Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Honored By
June E. Chekanowsky
Relationship
Daughter
ENTERED SERVICE FEBRUARY 17, 1941. ARRIVED IN EUROPE OCTOBER 8, 1943 AND DEPARTED FOR THE U.S. OCTOBER 18, 1945. COMBAT INFANTRYMAN AND PLATOON GUIDE 653 WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. BATTLES IN NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE STARS AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.