Born: February 26, 1915
First Lieutenant, United States Army Service# 0-1310492 15TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION,
5TH ARMORED DIVISION “VICTORY” Date of Enlistment: January 30, 1942
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Died: December 11, 1944 Buried: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers during World War II. |
Wishing to perpetuate the memory of the glorious battle efforts of the 5th Armored Division of the United States Army to liberate The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg during September 1944, particularly those battles which resulted in the liverance of the Capitol of the Grand Duchy on the 9th of September of that same year, and in order to give symbolic expression of Our gratitude and of the admiration of Luxembourg for this military unit.
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