VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1933

Military Service Branch

US Army

Years of Service

1941-1945 U.S. Army; 1952-1975 U.S. Army Reserves

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

No

Highest Rank Attained

Lieutenant Colonel

Type of Separation

Retired

Awards and Decorations

Bronze Star

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

Six months in Panama as a member of an ordnance ammunition company prior to going to Aberdeen where he was commissioned in November, 1942. Stationed in the Philippines and saw combat action at Panay Island. In 1944, served as Adjutant of an ordinance unit in Hawaii. Recalled to active service as a policy and planning officering in the Pentagon during the Korean War.

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

"I think I was the first lawyer into the Army from Maryland". Sunpapers quote Feb. 3, 1944

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

Specialty - Ordnance ammunition and later administration

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

Saw combat action at Panay Island in the Philippines.

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

Date of Death-September 22, 2009

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