BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private First Class (prior to 1968)

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

Enlisted on 9 November 1942 at Louisville, Kentucky
Trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. With the 979th Field Artillery Battery B 155mm guns. US Ninth Army. Departed New York on 27 February 1944 Arrived in England on 6 March 1944. Entered Europe in France on 27 June 1944. Was at Grunberg, Germany at wars end.