Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Plains, Pennsylvania
SERVED FROM JANUARY 20, 1942 UNTIL JANUARY 16, 1946. SERVED WITH THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WAS IN THE FIRST WAVE OF THE ASSAULT ON UTAH BEACH DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED AND WAS HELD PRISONER UNTIL BEING LIBERATED BY AMERICAN TROOPS. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.