Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN JUNE, 1945, IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF THE WAR. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN PASSAU, GERMANY WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'GERMANY' CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.