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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: Netherland East Indies; Trinidad, British West Indies. Church: UNKNOWN. School: Newcomerstown Schools; Wittenberg College. Graduate of Wittenberg College in 1925; married to Louise Otte in 1927; enlisted in Ohio National Guard in 11/1932; called up for active duty in 1941; sent overseas 02/1942 as part of Task Force assigned to protect the Royal Dutch Oil Refinery; served as Commanding Officer of mobile troops and Executive Officer of Task Force; transferred to Trinidad, British West Indies, 11/1943, as Executive Officer of 33rd Infantry Regiment; returned 02/1944 to serve as Battalion Commander, Camp Fannin, TX; also served as Battalion Commander, Camp Livingston, LA; assigned 09/1945 to United States Army Recruiting Service as Commanding Officer, Charleston, WVA; member of the Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus; buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, with full military honors Source of this information Virgina Smith; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 92; Richwood Gazette, 08/08/1946; Washington Post, 12/05/1978; Social Security Index; 1930 U.S. Federal Census; | Ancestry - Find A Grave & Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; MJT Obit