BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private First Class (prior to 1968)

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

Enlisted on 12 March 1943 at Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio. Served with the 83rd Infantry Division "Thunder Bolt Division" 331st Infantry Regiment Company L. Trained at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Landed at Omaha Beach, France on 19 June 1944. Killed in Action on 4 July 1944 near the village of Periers,
Normandy, France.