Born: June 18, 1916 First Lieutenant, United States Army Service# 0-1170189
773RD TANK DESTROYER BATTALION
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Died: March 4, 1945
Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against Nazi Germany Forces during World War II.
The 773RD TANK DESTROYER BATTALION (ATTACHED TO THE 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION) is awarded the
FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM
awarded under Decision No. 276, 22 July 1946, by the President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, with the following citation:
A magnificent unit which particularly distinguished itself during the combat of 9 to 19 November 1944 on the Moselle and the Sarre Rivers. After having crossed the Moselle River by open attack, the unit seized the fort of Koenigsmacker, capturing many prisoners. Although violently counterattacked, nevertheless the unit continued its advance over heavily mined ground, penetrating deeply into the Maginot Line, taking by storm, strong positions defending Metz, attaining all the objectives which had been assigned to it.