Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE WAS DRAFTED AND SERVED WITH THE 63RD INFANTRY FOUGHT IN FRANCE, SOUTH OF WHERE THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WAS BEING FOUGHT. HIS INFANTRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LIBERATING THE PEOPLE OF JEBSHEIM, FRANCE WHERE HE WAS LATER WOUNDED IN JANUARY 1945. RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN GROUND COMBAT.