- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Unit
- Company L, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1942 – 1944
- Date of Birth
- 02/04/1921
- Date of Death
- 09/19/1944
- Hometown
- Union, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge
- Burial Location
- Darby Twp: St. John's Lutheran
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section L
- Overseas Service
- European Theater of Operation
- Township (entering service)
- Union
- Township (current / at death)
- Union
- Church
- St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
- School
- Union Local High School
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 09/19/1944
- Where
- Schlausenbach, Germany
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: European Theater of Operation. Church: St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: Union Local High School. Serial #35614958; enlisted 11/18/1942; began active duty 12/01/1942; reported MIA, 09/19/1944; officially declared dead by the War Department per Public Law 490, 09/28/1945; remains with dog tag found in Schnee Eifel Forest, Olzheim, Germany, 07/14/1949; remains positively identified 06/05/1951; military status officially changed to KIA, 07/30/1951; accompanied by military escort, remains returned from Europe to New York, arriving in Marysville, Ohio, via train, 11/03/1951; buried in Row 14, St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio, 11/1951; MIA/FOD/KIA voice from the stone honoree May 24, 2009 John Wolff speaker
Source: Esther Carmany; G.W. Claar; National Archives; War Department Form 0353, dated 09/28/1945; Department of the Army, Form 52-1, dated 07/30/1951; QMG Form 1908, dated 06/05/1951; Heroes from the Heartland, p. 130; | Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 2, p. 71