Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Oelwein, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
SERVED WITH COMPANY 'L' OF 168TH INFANTRY, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, 34TH (RED BULL) DIVISION. LANDED IN ALGIERS, NORTH AFRICA IN 1942 AND BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS. CAPTURED 1943, PRISONER OF WAR AND TRANSPORTED TO STALAG 7A (MOOSBURG), STALAG 3B (FURSTENBERG) WALKED TO STALAG 3A (LUCKENWALDE FEBRUARY 1945). LIBERATED BY RED ARMY APRIL 1945.