BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private First Class (prior to 1968)

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

World War II Veteran. Enlisted on 18 May 1943 at Evansville, Indiana. Served with the 147th Engineer Combat Battalion Company C. Departed New York on 8 January 1944 Landed in England on 17 January 1944 Landed in France with the D Day invasion force on 6 June 1944.Campaigns are Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. Was at Bettinghausen, Germany at wars end. Awards include Distinguish Unit Citation and French Croix de Guerre.