Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mosinee, Wisconsin
Honored By
G. Holcomb
ENTERED SERVICE IN 1943 AND SERVED WITH THE 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND SPENT TIME AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAGS 9A AND 9B IN GERMANY. LIBERATED ON GOOD FRIDAY IN 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NOVEMBER 22, 1948.