Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Dorothy Weaver and Gail McClure
Relationship
Nieces
SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ON CORREGIDOR. CAPTURED AND HELD IN PRISON CAMP IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM MAY 1942 UNTIL OCTOBER 11, 1944. LOADED ON PRISON TRANSPORT TO BE TAKEN TO JAPAN. SHIP WAS SUNK BY AMERICAN BOMBING PLANES 200 MILES OFF COAST OF CHINA. DECLARED DEAD OCTOBER 24, 1944.