Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Waite Park, Minnesota
Honored By
His Family
WENT IN ON OMAHA BEACH, JUNE 7, 1944 AT 4 A.M. IN THE MORNING. WAS PLACED IN THE 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION AS A REPLACEMENT IN ST. LO. CAPTURED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1944 WHILE ON A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION NEAR METZ AND NANCY, FRANCE. PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG 2A before going to a Labor Camp in MECKLENBURG near Rotsolk, IN NORTHERN GERMANY. LIBERATED JUNE 4, 1945.