Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Portage, Wisconsin
Honored By
Richard W. Greiling
Relationship
Son
A CIVIL ENGINEER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH 14 YEARS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE IN HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND MARINE WHARVES AND PIERS, VOLUNTEERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A 1ST LIEUTENANT AND ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA. HE SERVED AS A TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS STATIONED AT NEARBY FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA. CURRICULA INCLUDED PRINCIPALS OF SURVEYING AND ROADWAY AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY A FRAGMENTATION GRENADE OR BANGALORE TORPEDO. HE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS RECUPERATING AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH A MEDICAL DISABILITY IN MID-1944. HE RETURNED TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRACTICE AND RETIRED IN 1972.