Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stuart, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
DRAFTED INTO ARMY AND TRAINED AT FT. ORD, CALIFORNIA. SERVED WITH 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION AND THEN AMPHIBIAN ENGINEERS NO. 592. SERVED IN NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIA AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. INVOLVED IN THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION OF PACIFIC THEATER RETAKING THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF.