Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ida Grove, Iowa
Honored By
Ida Grove American Legion
IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, FEDERALIZED FEBRUARY 10, 1941. SENT TO CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA; CAMP DIX, NEW JERSEY, JANUARY 1942; IRELAND, MARCH 4, 1942, 109TH MEDICAL BATTALION; EUROPE, ITALY, NORTH AFRICA AS 34TH MEDICAL BATTALION WITH 34TH INFANTRY. DISCHARGED IN 1945. WOUNDED IN ITALY (COOK, DROVE KITCHEN TRUCK).