Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Delta, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY IN DECEMBER 1942, TRAINED AT FORT CUSTER MICHIGAN AND CAMP MCCOY WISCONSIN. DEPLOYED TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1943. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES: NORTHERN FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG. AWARDED THE ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.