Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Versailles, Connecticut
Honored By
The Petka Family
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH COMPANY C, 337TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AS A FIELD LINEMAN IN ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.