World War II
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Fallen

County:
Pembina

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
497th Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
344th Bomber Group (M)

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Cherbourg, France

Biography:

born St Thomas, ND 12 Jun 17; resident Pembina County, ND; entered AUS Los Angeles, CA 6 May 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Jan 44 Cherbuorg, France; memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy, France.