Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Urbana, Ohio
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He entered the U.S. Army in 1944 at age 18. He entered the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia to be a paratrooper in the Airborne Division, but the war ended while he was in training. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he served the rest of his hitch as greenskeeper on the base golf course.