Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Antwerp, Ohio
Honored By
His Proud & Loving Family
INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY IN OCTOBER 1942. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP PERRY, OHIO. TRAINED IN CHEMICAL WARFARE AT CAMP SIEBERT, ALABAMA. ATTENDED GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNDER THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM (ASTP). STAGED FOR OVERSEAS AT CAMP SHENANGO, PENNSYLVANIA AND DEPARTED FOR ENGLAND AND THE EUROPEAN THEATER FROM CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK IN MARCH 1944. ARRIVED IN FRANCE VIA OMAHA BEACH IN JULY 1944. TRANSFERRED TO OFFICE OF SPECIAL SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER 1944. TRANSFERRED FROM PARIS TO FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN GERMANY IN SEPTEMBER 1945. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN JANUARY 1946 AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA.