Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Honored By
Mrs. Catherine Kennedy
WENT INTO FRANCE SHORTLY AFTER D-DAY. TAKEN AS PRISONER IN AUGUST 1944, PRISON CAMP STALAG 12-D. CAMP BOMBED ACCIDENTALLY BY THE ENGLISH AIR FORCE ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. HE CHOSE TO STAY WHERE HE WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED RATHER THAN WING TRANSFERRED AWAY.