Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Miss Deanna Wirth
Was German born, but came to the U.S. when he was 13 years old. He was drafted to Class 4-F, but because of deafness, no hearing in one ear, later 1943 was taken in. Shipped overseas in 1944 to Southern France and travelled by train. He was intermittently used as an Interpreter because he spoke, read and wrote fluent German.