Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Costilla, New Mexico
Honored By
A Grateful Dutchman
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, 406TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY I, 102ND OZARK DIVISION. KILLED IN ACTION IN GERMANY ON JANUARY 30, 1945 NEAR BRACHELEN. SILVER STAR: IN AN ASSAULT ON A FORTIFIED POSITION, COVERED HIS WOUNDED PLATOON LEADER WITH EFFECTIVE FIRE UNTIL EVACUATION COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. HE WAS THEN, AS A RESULT OF HIS BOLD ACTION, MORTALLY WOUNDED. PURPLE HEART. BURIED IN THE NETHERLANDS.