Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Castlewood, South Dakota
Honored By
Carl Greenfield
Served in the 4th Cavalry, Tanks. Landed on Utah Beach, June 16, 1944, D-Day plus 10. Fought in Normandy until wounded, July 3, 1944. Hospitalized in France and England. Rejoined the 4th Cavalry at the Siegfried Line. Fought in Germany, Huertgen Forest, back to Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge. Returned to Germany, crossed the Rhine on a pontoon bridge and met the Russians at the Elbe River.