Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Poughkeepsie, New York
Honored By
Barry Hochlowski
Relationship
Son
SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FOR THE ARMY. WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS IN RODALBE, FRANCE IN NOVEMBER OF 1944. ESCAPED FROM A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AND WAS CAPTURED A FEW DAYS LATER. SERVED OUT THE REST OF THE WAR AS A PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL RELEASED.