BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

Entered service 4 August 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison,Indiana. Trained at Camp Hood,Texas and Fort Ord,California.Assigned to 25th Infantry Division [Tropic Lighting] 161st Infantry Regiment Company L Second Platoon as a Rifleman.
Sailed to the Asia Pacific Theater arriving in the Philippines 19 February 1945. Seriously wounded the night of 27 April 1945 during attack toward Balete Pass near Kapintalan,Luzon,Philippines. Passed away from those wounds the same night. Awards include Purple Heart Medal [Posthumous],Asia Pacific Campaign Medal,American Campaign Medal.