Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Afton, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
ENLISTED 1939 AND STATIONED IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. CAPTURED ON APRIL 9, 1942 AND AS A PRISONER OF WAR WAS FORCED TO BE PART OF THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. WAS IMPRISONED AT THE CABANATUAN PRISON CAMP. FREED JANUARY 30, 1945 AND LATER DISCHARGED.