Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fullerton, Nebraska
Honored By
Family
SERVED AS A COMBAT PARATROOPER WITH THE 17TH AND 13TH AIRBORNE DIVISION 517TH COMBAT TEAM, AND THE 460TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL WITH A BRONZE COMBAT STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. SERVING FROM JULY 28, 1944 TO DECEMBER 24, 1945.