Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lyons, Kansas
Honored By
Marguerite M. Westrup
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED 2/4/43. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP HOWZE, TEXAS; CAMP LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA; CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA. DISEMBARKED FROM BOSTON TO LA HAVRE, FRANCE. SERVED AS STAFF SERGEANT WITH 86TH BLACKHAWK INFANTRY DIVISION FROM ROHR POCKET, GERMANY, DOWN TOWARD AUSTRIA. WOUNDED ON APRIL 30, 1945. TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND, BACK TO U.S. TO HOSPITAL IN COLORADO SPRINGS. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1945.