Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Delta County, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: LIEUTENANT. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY IN APRIL 1943; TRAINED AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA, FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON AND CAMP PHILLIPS, KANSAS. DEPLOYED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JANUARY 1946.