Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Michigan
Honored By
Jan Bos
STAFF SERGEANT. HE WAS A PARATROOPER IN B COMPANY 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE SALERNO AREA ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1943. HE IS BURIED IN GRAVE C-22-2878 OF THE FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY, MINNESOTA.