Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Effingham, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
He served as a Private First Class in WWII with the 100th Infantry Division (Century Division), 398th Infantry Regiment, First Battalion, Company A, in the European Theater of Operations. He was Killed in Action on April 8, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal and Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in Action; Heilbronn, Germany.