Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
JOINED THE ARMY IN 1943. HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE, WHERE HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION IN JANUARY 1945. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, HIS FAMILY DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM. BUT IN APRIL 1945, WORD CAME FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HE HAD BEEN LIBERATED FROM A GERMAN PRISON CAMP.