FG
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- 101st Airborne Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 01/04/1943 – 10/11/1945
- Date of Birth
- 05/19/1925
- Date of Death
- 11/17/2005
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Purple Heart with 1 oak leaf cluster; Good Conduct Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Compaign Medal; Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 campaign star
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section D
- Overseas Service
- Leyte Island, Philippines; Invasion of Okinawa
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Leyte Island, Philippines; Invasion of Okinawa. School: UNKNOWN. enlisted at the age of 17; wounded in action on 10/28/1944, Philippines; wounded in action again on 04/13/1945, Okinawa
Source: HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 67; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 15, p. 454; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND, p. 67