Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Glenwood, North Dakota
Honored By
A Grateful Dutchman
CAPTAIN, 407TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY C, 102ND OZARK DIVISION. KILLED IN ACTION IN GERMANY ON NOVEMBER 29, 1944 NEAR PUFFENDORF. SILVER STAR: HE LED HIS COMPANY AGAINST FIERCE ENEMY FIRE. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HELPING RESCUE ONE OF HIS MEN WHO HAD BEEN WOUNDED. PURPLE HEART. BURIED IN THE NETHERLANDS.