- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- 65th Infantry Division "Battle-Axe", U.S. Army
Cited for the period in which his armored unit and other elements of the 65th Division, part of General Patton's Third army, advanced from the Saar River in Germany to the south bank of the Danube, a distance of nearly 500 miles.