Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Unity, Wisconsin
Honored By
Mr. Vern Schwarze
Enlisted June 17, 1942. Trained at Camp Pickett, Virginia, Camp Blanding, Florida. Desert training Center Arizona, Camp Phillips, Kansas. Platoon Sergeant, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. Landed Utah Beach June 12, 1944. Wounded July 12, 1944. 1 year in hospital. Parachute School, Fort Benning, Georgia. Discharged January 12, 1946.