Rank: Private
Unit: 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 10 October 1940 at Fort Thomas in Newport, Kentucky
Date of birth: 4 January 1923
Hometown: West Virginia
Campaign: WWII
Died: 24 September 1944
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Killed in action by artillery
Location of fatality: Moncourt, France
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Place of internment: Fairview Cemetery in Williamson, West Virginia
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