Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Seward, Nebraska
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED 245 DAYS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.