Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Butler, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Lorain, James, D'Wayne, Carolyn & Penny Christy
Relationship
Children
SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 25, 1943 TO JANUARY 8, 1946 AS A LIGHT MORTAR CREWMAN WITH THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, COMPANY M, 187TH PARACHUTE GLIDER INFANTRY. SERVED IN NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, LEYTE AND LUZON, EARNING 3 BRONZE STARS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN MARCH 1945 IN LUZON.