Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Temperance, Michigan
Honored By
John Walentowski
Relationship
Brother
SERVED DECEMBER 18, 1942 TO HONORABLE DISCHARGE, OCTOBER 11, 1945 AS A HEAVY MACHINE GUNNER, 605. RIFLE, M1, SS3. CARBINE M1 EXPERT. SERVED AT NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PURPLE HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. ALSO RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL UNIT EMBLEM, MERITORIOUS UNIT EMBLEM, EXPERT BADGE WITH CARBINE BAR AND FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE.