Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Montrose, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: MASTER SERGEANT. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY MARCH 19, 1943, TRAINED AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA AND CAMP SUTTON, NORTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS: GUADALCANAL AND THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. WHEN ALL HOSTILITIES HAD CEASED WITH THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES, HE SERVED WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. AWARDED THE ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.