Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wellsville, Ohio
Honored By
Jan Bos
CORPORAL, WAS A PARATROOPER IN C BATTERY, 376TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. C BATTERY PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY. HE WAS ONBOARD OF C-47 42-18522 SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. HE IS BURIED IN THE SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY IN WELLSVILLE, OHIO.