Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
St. Peter, Minnesota
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
WHILE HE WAS SERVING IN THE ARMY HE CONTRACTED HEPATITIS AND WAS UNABLE TO JOIN HIS UNIT DURING AN OFFENSIVE. HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING VETERANS BECAUSE MANY OF HIS COMRADES WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THAT OFFENSIVE.