Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Malone, New York
Honored By
Michael J. Lynett
ATTACHED TO THE 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION AS A STAFF SERGEANT SERVING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND DURING THE INVASION OF SALERNO AND SICILY. WAS CAPTURED BY GERMAN FORCES AND TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND HELD UNTIL AN ALLIED BOMBING ATTACK ON THE PRISON WHICH ENABLED HIM TO ESCAPE AND MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO AMERICAN LINES.