- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- Company I, 19th Infantry
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 10/15/1940 – 06/11/1945
- Date of Birth
- 08/29/1914
- Date of Death
- 08/25/1969
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon with 2 Service Stars; American Defense Service Medal; Sharpshooter Rifle Combat Infantryman Badge; Purple Heart
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- New Guinea; Southern Philippines; Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operation
- Guard Service
- 1940 – 1945
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Worthington, Ohio
- Church
- St. John's Lutheran
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: New Guinea; Southern Philippines; Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operation. Church: St. John's Lutheran. School: UNKNOWN. serial #20511046; enlistment record reports date of enlistment as 10/15/1940, Marysville, Ohio; DD-214 reports enlistment date of 10/03/1939, active service date of 10/15/1940; served in Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operation from 02/01/1944 to 02/04/1945; wounded in action 10/27/1944; received Certificate of Disability for Discharge AR 615-361; discharged 06/11/1945, Convalescent Hospital, Camp Edwards, Mass.; Honorable Discharge filed 06/14/1945; born in Madison Co., Ohio; received Purple Heart for leg in
Source: Recorder's Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 84; National Archives; Union Co. Cem. Re, c., Vol. 6, p. 149; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND, p. 76; Joe and Anne Justice (family)