Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Noble, Missouri
Honored By
Mescal Sell
Relationship
Sister
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. FOUGHT THROUGH FRANCE. PARTICIPATED IN THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF THE BLACK FOREST. FOUGHT THROUGH THE SIEGFRIED LINE INTO GERMANY AND WAS WOUNDED. FLOWN TO ENGLAND, SPENT 6 MONTHS IN HOSPITAL. SENT BACK TO FRANCE, WAS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AFTER THE WAR ENDED WAS STATIONED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART BUT REFUSED IT. HAD MANY OTHER RIBBONS.