Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Garden City, Kansas
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERGEANT, SERVED AS A MACHINE GUNNER WITH THE 65TH DIVISION IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, FRANCE, GERMANY, AND AUSTRIA. HE ENLISTED ON 14 JULY 1940 AND SERVED FOR THE DURATION. HE RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS RIBBONS, AND THREE BATTLE STARS.