Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Huntsville, Alabama
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A PRIVATE FROM 1943 TO 1945 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION. CAPTURED AND HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE THIRD REICH AT STALAG 9B, BAD ORB, GERMANY FROM 1944 TO 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.