Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pateros, Washington
Honored By
Lucile, Amy, Margaret & Lt. Col. Charles T. Borg, USA (Ret.)
Relationship
Sisters & Friend
SERVED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN WITH 567TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE). BEFORE DEPLOYING TO EUROPEAN THEATER, TRAINED IN ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR USE IN EMPLOYMENT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY. IN OCTOBER 1944, SAILED FROM NEW YORK AND LANDED IN NEW PORT WALES, AND ADVANCED INTO FRANCE IN DECEMBER. BECAME INVOLVED IN HEAVY FIGHTING DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE FOLLOWED BY MORE BATTLES IN THE DRIVE ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER INTO GERMANY, MARCH 1945. AT THE END OF WAR IN EUROPE, EARNED BATTLE STARS FOR NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS. DISCHARGED IN LATE 1945 HAVING RECEIVED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BATTLE STARS AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.