Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Xemia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Mr. H. Brooks Sargeant
Served in Battalion B, 979th Field Artillery Battalion as a Gun Crewman, Heavy Artillery, Springfield Rifle 30 Caliber. Battles and Campaigns: Normandy, Rhineland, Central Europe and Northern France. Landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Received Bronze Star with 4 Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 Bronze Stars and the WWII Victory Medal.