Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cambra, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 9, 1944 UNTIL OCTOBER 5, 1945. SERVED OVERSEAS WITH THE 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION WHILE IN FRANCE. WAS ALSO LATER TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON DECEMBER 4, 1944 AND WAS HELD AT STALAG 7A UNTIL BEING LIBERATED ON APRIL 29, 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.