BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

World War II Veteran.Entered Service 16 September 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison,Indiana.Trained at Camp Atterbury,Indiana,Camp Fannin,Texas and Fort Ord, California. Served with the 6th Infantry Division "Sight Seein'Sixth". 1st Infantry Regiment Company K. Division holds unchallenged record for consective day of continuous combat in the Pacific Theater 219 days. Set on the Island of Luzon,Philippines.
Killed in Action on 17 April 1945 on Luzon,Philippine Islands during the attack on Woodpecker Ridge near the junction of the Bosoboso and Mariquina Rivers.