Rank: Private First Class
Unit: C TRP, 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Date of birth: 29 February 1924
Campaign: WWII
Died: 25 November 1944
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Fenetrange, France
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Place of interment: Plainfield Cemetery in Rose Hill, Illinois
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