Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Centralia, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, SERVED IN WWII WITH THE 70TH INFANTRY DIVISION (TRAILBLAZERS), 274TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BATTALION, COMPANY "K", IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING JANUARY 19, 1945 AND WAS HELD AT STALAG 22B FALLINGBOSTEL, PRUSSIA (WORK CAMPS).