Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)

Unit:

Headquarters Company, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division "Arrowhead", U.S. Army

For action performed on 9 September 1943, during the amphibious landing at Salerno (Operation: "Avalanche") near Paestum/Province of Salerno, Italy.

Citation unavailable.

• - Huff, R.A. (editor), The Fighting 36th – A Pictorial History of the 36th “Texas” Infantry Division, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky, USA, 1995 (reprint)
  - Schultz, D., Crossing the Rapido – A Tragedy of World War II, Westholme Publishing, Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010
  - U.S. Army Center Of Military History