Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Macedon, New York
Honored By
Tex Seamon
ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 1941, ATTENDED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND WAS ASSIGNED TO CAMP HOOD, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS COMPANY COMMANDER OF THE 648TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION. HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, THE RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE INCLUDING THE CAPTURE OF SAARBRUCKEN AND THE ENCIRCLEMENT OF THE RUHR.