Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Corona, New York
Honored By
G. E. Holcomb
ENLISTED IN 1942 AT AGE 19. SPENT TWO YEARS IN EUROPE IN AN ARTILLERY BATTALION ATTACHED TO GENERAL PATTON'S 3RD ARMY. WITH HIS UNIT, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY INVASION AND CROSSED EUROPE ENDING THE WAR IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.