Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Sigourney, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, SERVED IN WWII WITH THE 70TH INFANTRY DIVISION (TRAILBLAZERS), 274TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BATTALION, COMPANY A, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PRISONER OF WAR, REPORTED MISSING JANUARY 6, 1945, HELD IN STALAG 4B, MUHLBUERG SACHSEN, RETURNED. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.