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Home Town Whitehall, New York
Last Address Salem, New York
Date of Passing Oct 20, 1981
Location of Interment Evergreen Cemetery - Salem, New York
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army in Company K, 109th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 12 and 17, 1944 near Kalborn, Luxembourg and near Sevenig, Germany. He was awarded the Medal on August 23, 1945 by President Harry S. Truman.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description (Rhineland Campaign 15 September 1944 to 21 March 1945) Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.