Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Storden, Minnesota
Honored By
Ms. Bette Witte
Relationship
Wife
Entered the Army in March 1943. Served as a surgical technician in the medics. Participated in the Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe Campaign. Received numerous ribbons, including the Purple Heart. Captured by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war for 4 months in Stalag IV B in Eastern Germany. Honorably discharged December 1945.