Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hamilton, Ohio
Honored By
386th Infantry Regiment Company K
Served as a Combat Infantryman in Company K, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Division. The company was reactivated at Camp Swift, Texas on February 19, 1943 and trained at numerous camps in California for the amphibious assault on the Japanese homeland. When the Battle of the Bulge broke out, sent to European Theater of Operations. Fought two battles, did occupation duty and on June 16, 1945 returned to U.S. On August 28, 1945 departed for Asiatic-Pacific Theater and occupation duty Japan. Inactivated March 31, 1946.