Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Carroll, Iowa
Honored By
Deborah Vonnahme Pedersen
Relationship
Niece
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY IN MAY 1945 AND TOOK HIS BASIC TRAINING AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. DURING WWII HE WAS ASSIGNED TO COMPANY C OF THE 703RD MILITARY POLICE BATTALION AND WAS STATIONED IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. AMONG HIS GUARD DUTIES, HE SERVED AT THE PENTAGON AND ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER 1946 AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND.