Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wagner, South Dakota
ENTERED SERVICE NOVEMBER 1943. RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA AND AFTER A FURLOUGH WAS SENT TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND LATER TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE SERVED WITH THE 383RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 96TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS KILLED ON 04-07-1945 IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA.