Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Burton, Ohio
U.S. ARMY, 1942-1945. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS AN INSTRUMENT REPAIRMAN WITH COMPANY 'B', 129TH ARMORED ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE BATTALION, 7TH ARMORED DIVISION BEHIND PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE SERVICE MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED AS A TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE IN DECEMBER 1945 AT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA.