Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Odebolt, Iowa
Honored By
Mrs. Sherlee Hendrickson
Relationship
Sister
Enlisted on January 12, 1943. Basic training at Camp Roberts, California. Served in a Rifle Company in Army Infantry. Saw action in battles of the Mariana Islands. Killed on July 11, 1944 on Saipan Island at the age of 28. His body was returned to the States after end of the war. He is buried in Cook Lutheran Cemetery, Odebolt, Iowa. Awarded Purple Heart, posthumously.