- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- 1st Cavalry Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 10/14/1942 – 11/27/1944
- Date of Birth
- 09/04/1922
- Date of Death
- 11/27/1944
- Hometown
- Millersburg, Holmes Co., OH, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart
- Burial Location
- UNKNOWN
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Overseas Service
- Italy & France
- Township (entering service)
- Millersburg, Holmes Co., OH
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 11/27/1944
- Where
- Battle Creek, MI
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Italy & France. School: UNKNOWN. serial # 35420456; listed on Holmes Co. casualty list; War Dept. files lists hometown as Holmes Co.; not in 1930 Federal Census for either Union Co. or all of Ohio; MHS confirms one page document on file listing Broadway listed in Union Co. School Annual, 1940 (basketball team picture); Application for Compensation lists residence as Millersburg, Homes County, OH Application for Compensation filed by Mrs. Naomi Lorene Mackey, claim #960116, dated 1/10/1949; DOW -- died of machine gun wound to the head received in line of duty, France died at Percy Hones Gen & Conv Hospital, Battle Creek, MI (Mrs. Mackey was with him at time of death); DOW/KIA
Source: No DD-214 recorded in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 10/26/2007;Ed Landon; G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; National Archives; Ohio Historical Society; Application for Compensation | Ancestry - Find A Grave & Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File