Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Champaign, Illinois
Honored By
Mr. Jerry W. Wilhelm
Served in Unit 505, parachute infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. Scheduled to return home in early 1945. Volunteered to unload explosives first before his departure, and was killed on June 22, 1944. Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery in Normandy, France. Received the Purple Heart.