Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Port Huron, Michigan
Honored By
Son and Wilton Family
BASIC TRAINING IN TEXAS; OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, GEORGIA, SECOND LIEUTENANT, 1943. SERVED IN CHINA, BURMA ROAD CONFLICT, 1943; FIRST LIEUTENANT, 1946,COMMANDING CHINESE TROOPS ALLIED WITH U.S. KEEPING BURMA ROAD OPEN. PROMOTED TO RANK OF CAPTAIN BEFORE LEAVING SERVICE.