Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ida Grove, Iowa
Honored By
Ida Grove American Legion
SERVED IN COMPANY D, 136TH MEDICAL REGIMENT OF IDA GROVE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR ARMY AND LEFT FOR CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA ON FEBRUARY 10, 1941. THEY WERE FIRST IN COMBAT IN EUROPE IN THE WAR AND LED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ENGLAND, NORTH AFRICA, FRANCE, ITALY, BELGIUM, GERMANY. THEY WERE THE 34TH MEDICAL DIVISION ATTACHED TO THE 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION. DISCHARGED JUNE 1945.