Rank: Private
Unit: Headquarters and Headquarters Trp, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 20 January 1943 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date of birth: 23 February 1924
Hometown: Jackson, Michigan
Occupation prior to enlistment: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c.
High School: 1 year of college
Married: Single, with dependents
Campaign: WWII
Died: 18 September 44
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Luneville, France
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Place of interment: Woodland Cemetery in Jackson, Michigan
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Note: He stood omplexion.
His signature from his draft card.