CG
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 141st Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1942 – 1945
- Date of Birth
- 03/08/1921
- Date of Death
- 01/08/2008
- Hometown
- Dover, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- Burial Location
- Dover Twp: Mt. Herman
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section D
- Overseas Service
- Sicily
- Township (entering service)
- Dover
- Township (current / at death)
- Dover
- Church
- New Dover United Methodist Church
- School
- Marysville High School
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 01/23/1944
- Where
- Germany
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Sicily. Church: New Dover United Methodist Church. School: Marysville High School. Serial #15116299; imprisoned at Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14; reported missing in action in Italy, 1/23/1944; served as a medic, which allowed him to treat other American prisoners of war while captured; member of VFW Post 3320 and American Legion Post 79; obituary lists POW camp as 11B, military POW records list camp as 3B; POW
Source: Veterans Service Office; National Archives; G.W. Claar; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Obituary from MARYSVILLE-JOURNAL TRIBUNE, 01/2008; | Recorder's Certificate of Discharge, Union County Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 212; MJT Obit