Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
INDUCTED INTO SERVICE ON JUNE 1, 1943. SERVED WITH THE 42ND INFANTRY DIVISION. WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS ON JANUARY 19, 1945 AND WAS LIBERATED BY THE ALLIES ON MAY 19, 1945. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.