Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Denver, Colorado
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944 DURING WWII. HE TRAINED IN INFANTRY SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA IN JULY OF 1944 AND IN OCTOBER OF 1944 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO 71ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN EUROPE AS A LIEUTENANT.