Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 9 MARCH 1942 AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 16 JUNE 1944 TO 28 JUNE 1945 WITH COMPANY K, 116TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION, IN EUROPE. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 22 DECEMBER 1944 NEAR FREIALDENHOVEN, GERMANY, AND AGAIN ON 6 APRIL 1945 NEAR DORTMUND, GERMANY, CAUSING HOSPITALIZATION UNTIL SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT VALLEY FORGE HOSPITAL, PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.