Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Honored By
Joe Feaster
RECEIVED A COMMISSION OF 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT AND WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 1941. HE SERVED IN VARIOUS STATIONS IN MANUFACTURE, RENOVATION AND STORAGE OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, WENDOVER, UTAH IN 1944. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 509TH COMPOSITE GROUP IN 1945 WHEN IT WAS FORMED.