Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Eckert, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: TECHNICAL SERGEANT. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1942; TRAINED AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA, CAMP BRECKINRIDGE, KENTUCKY, CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA, CAMP VAN DORN, MISSISSIPPI AND CAMP SWIFT, TEXAS. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.