Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 2nd 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
Deployments: WWII
Enlisted: 24 November 1944 in Buffalo, New York
Born: 9 August 1926
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Campaign: Cold War
Died: 21 February 1946
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Accidently killed when a machine gun was fired, and he was hit.
Location of fatality: Germany
Place of interment: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
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Note: He stood omplexion.
