Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Delta, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: CORPORAL. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY JULY 14, 1942 AT PUEBLO, COLORADO. RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT CAMP WALLACE AND CAMP NORMOYLE, TEXAS, CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA AND CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA. DEPLOYED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 5 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.