Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Robesonia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A PARATROOPER AND TECHNICAL SERGEANT WITH THE 98TH ARTILLERY BATTALION, COMPANY 'C' OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION IN THE AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATION. HE MADE MORE THAN 100 JUMPS, SOME IN COMBAT SITUATIONS. RECIPIENT OF 3 DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS AND MANY FOREIGN AWARDS, INCLUDING 3 BELGIUM FOURRAGERE, NETHERLANDS MILITARY ORDER OF WILEMS FRENCH FOURRAGERE. HE SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY, ITALY INVASIONS AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.