BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Master Sergeant - WWII

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

World War II Veteran.Enlisted 15 April 1941 at Louisville,Kentucky.Served with the 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion Headquaters Conpany{Attached to the 84th Infantry Division}Trained at Camp Shelby,Mississippi.Arrived at Cherbourg,France on 7 September 1944 Equipped with M-18 "Hell Cat" tanks.Entered the line near Prummern on 20 November shifted to the Ardennes sector around Rochefort,Belgium on 22 December to reduce the "Bulge"until January 1945 crossed the Roer River in February and the Rhine River, 1 April advanced across Germany and reached the Elbe River near Whittenberg on 24 April. Discharged on October 11, 1945.