Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dundee, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1943 AND SENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. ASSIGNED TO CAMP SWIFT, TEXAS WITH 97TH INFANTRY DIVISION. SHIPPED OVERSEAS IN APRIL 1944. CAPTURED BY GERMANS NOVEMBER 7, 1944. LIBERATED APRIL 7, 1945.