Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lafayette, Indiana
Honored By
Walton Haddix
Served in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe as a rifleman and machine gunner in the 5th Infantry Division (Red Devils). In January 1945 he fought in the counteroffensive at the Battle of the Bulge and subsequently in the offensives into the Rhineland, Bavaria and Czechoslovakia.