Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Troy, New York
Honored By
The Chiappone, McMahon, River & Barnes Families
SERVED WITH 174TH INFANTRY, 44TH DIVISION AND THEN WITH THE 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION'S 322ND FIELD ARTILLERY, BATTERY A IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WOUNDED IN THE HUERTGEN FOREST IN DECEMBER 1944. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS INJURIES.