Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
HE WAS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND SERVED AS A RADAR OFFICER ATTACHED TO THE 86TH FIGHTER WING OF THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE DURING THE WAR. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON WITH 4 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON AND THE VICTORY MEDAL. AFTER THE WAR HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ORDNANCE CORPS.