Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Northvale, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs Jr
Relationship
None
SERVED WITH THE 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 112TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, HE WAS HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG 12A TO 9B, LIMBURG AN DER LAHN, HESSEN-NASSAU, GERMANY WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. AWARDED PURPLE HEART AND PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.