BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Technician Fifth Grade - WWII

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

World War II Veteran. Entered service on 5 September 1940 at Fort Knox,Kentucky. Served with the 1st Armored Division [Old Iron Sides]13th Tank Battalion Company H II Corps. Left for Europe from the port of New York on 13 May 1942 aboard RMS Queen Mary arrived in Northern Ireland on 11 June 1942.Moved to England on 29 October 1942.Part of Invasion Force of Northwest Africa landing on 8 November 1942. Killed in Action 1 February 1943 near the Kasserine Pass [Sbeita] in Tunisia, North Africa.