Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Geneva, Indiana
Honored By
Ms. Andrea M. Headley
ENLISTED INTO THE INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD IN JULY 1940. SERVED WITH THE 152ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 38TH INFANTRY DIVISION AS SQUAD LEADER AND PLATOON SERGEANT AT COMPANY. RECEIVED BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION IN JUNE 1945. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON.