BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

Assigned to the 7th Armored Division 38th Armored Infantry Battalion in the European Theater. Landed on Normandy August 1944. Was captured in France by the German Army on 21 September 1944. Imprisoned at Stalag 7A Moorsburg, Germany. Held for 265 days freed on 13 June 1945. Discharged on 30 November 1946.