Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fowler, California
Honored By
A Grateful Kansan
In 1942, at the age of 21, he was drafted into the United States Army and completed his training at Camp Roberts, California. Later he was transferred to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then to Hawaii. He served in the Pacific as a rifleman until 1945 when he was honorably discharged as a Private First Class.