Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lanse, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERGEANT, SERVED IN WWII WITH THE 70TH INFANTRY DIVISION (TRAILBLAZERS), 274TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BATTALION, COMPANY B, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY. REPORTED MISSING MARCH 15, 1945 AND WAS HELD AT GERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL SAARBRUCKEN. RETURNED. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.