Service number 37127435. Joined the US Army 13 June 1942; trained with the 81st Infantry Division at Ft Rucker AL, Camp Horn AZ, Camp Beale CA. Sergeant; embarked for the Central Pacific July 1944.
Campaign in Angaur, Palau, a tiny volcanic island, three miles (4.8 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six-mile strait. On 17 Sep the U.S. 81st Infantry Division commanded by Major General Paul J. Mueller landed on the northeast and southeast coasts. By 25 Sep the Americans had penetrated "the Bowl," and used bulldozers to seal cave entrances.
Served two years four months. Wounded 26 Sep 1944. Evacuated to New Caledonia from Central Pacific.
Died of meningitis abscess of the brain, secondary to the gunshot wound.
Buried at Pawnee City 4 Nov 1947
Campaign in Angaur, Palau, a tiny volcanic island, three miles (4.8 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six-mile strait. On 17 Sep the U.S. 81st Infantry Division commanded by Major General Paul J. Mueller landed on the northeast and southeast coasts. By 25 Sep the Americans had penetrated "the Bowl," and used bulldozers to seal cave entrances.
Served two years four months. Wounded 26 Sep 1944. Evacuated to New Caledonia from Central Pacific.
Died of meningitis abscess of the brain, secondary to the gunshot wound.
Buried at Pawnee City 4 Nov 1947
Service number 37127435. Joined the US Army 13 June 1942; trained with the 81st Infantry Division at Ft Rucker AL, Camp Horn AZ, Camp Beale CA. Sergeant; embarked for the Central Pacific July 1944.
Campaign in Angaur, Palau, a tiny volcanic island, three miles (4.8 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six-mile strait. On 17 Sep the U.S. 81st Infantry Division commanded by Major General Paul J. Mueller landed on the northeast and southeast coasts. By 25 Sep the Americans had penetrated "the Bowl," and used bulldozers to seal cave entrances.
Served two years four months. Wounded 26 Sep 1944. Evacuated to New Caledonia from Central Pacific.
Died of meningitis abscess of the brain, secondary to the gunshot wound.
Buried at Pawnee City 4 Nov 1947
Campaign in Angaur, Palau, a tiny volcanic island, three miles (4.8 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six-mile strait. On 17 Sep the U.S. 81st Infantry Division commanded by Major General Paul J. Mueller landed on the northeast and southeast coasts. By 25 Sep the Americans had penetrated "the Bowl," and used bulldozers to seal cave entrances.
Served two years four months. Wounded 26 Sep 1944. Evacuated to New Caledonia from Central Pacific.
Died of meningitis abscess of the brain, secondary to the gunshot wound.
Buried at Pawnee City 4 Nov 1947
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