Rank: Corporal
Unit: 776th Amphibious Tank Battalion
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Date of birth: 8 February 1916
Hometown: Hemple, Missouri
Campaign: WWII
Died: 23 October 1944
Age at death: 28
Cause of death: Killed in action
Place of interment: Manila American Cemetery in Philippines
Place of interment: Lathrop Cemetery in Lathrop, Missouri
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Note: He stood 5’10” and weighed 145 with blue eyes, brown hair, and light complexation.
Signature from his draft card.