Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 17 FEBRUARY 1942 AT NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA. FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 14 JANUARY 1944 TO 19 JUNE 1945 AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH COMPANY G, 149TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 38TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FIGHTING TO LIBERATE THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE LEYTE, NEW GUINEA, AND LUZON CAMPAIGNS. RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT KENNEDY GENERAL HOSPITAL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.