BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private First Class (prior to 1968)

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

Enlisted on 8 February 1943 at Louisville, Kentucky. Trained at Camp McKeen, Miss. Assigned to the 34th Infantry Division as a rifleman and a Browning Automatic Rifleman. Wounded in the right leg by a mortar fragment in the battle for the famous monastery at Cassino, Italy. Award include the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple heart.