Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Muskegon, Michigan
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
SERVED IN EASY COMPANY, 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. JUMPED INTO NORMANDY ON JUNE 5, 1944 AND CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND HELD AS A PRISONER UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.