Memorial service at St. Ann's Church, Clinton and Living Streets, Brooklyn Heights, at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 20, 1944.
World War 1; Attended Officers Training Corp, Aug. 6, 1918, at Plattsburgh, NY. Commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant Infantry, September 16, 1918. Discharged from the service, December 16, 1919.
Post War; Enlisted April 21, 1919, in Troop C, 51st Machine Gun Squadron ( Squadron A ), New York City. In 1925 the 51st Machine Gun Squadron is designated the 2nd Squadron, 101st cavalry. Nov. 22, 1940, Captain 101st Anti Tank Battalion.
World War 2: Federalized with the 101st Anti Tank Battalion , Jan 6, 1941. Promoted Major then LT Colonel Feb. 1, 1943. Killed in action, June 24, 1944, France.
Awarded the Silver Star
Columbia University, class of 1920
Brooklyn Eagle, July 19, 1944, page 7, obituary & death notice.
The Knickerbocker News, July, 17, 1944, obituary
( research credit linda robinson )
Memorial service at St. Ann's Church, Clinton and Living Streets, Brooklyn Heights, at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 20, 1944.
World War 1; Attended Officers Training Corp, Aug. 6, 1918, at Plattsburgh, NY. Commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant Infantry, September 16, 1918. Discharged from the service, December 16, 1919.
Post War; Enlisted April 21, 1919, in Troop C, 51st Machine Gun Squadron ( Squadron A ), New York City. In 1925 the 51st Machine Gun Squadron is designated the 2nd Squadron, 101st cavalry. Nov. 22, 1940, Captain 101st Anti Tank Battalion.
World War 2: Federalized with the 101st Anti Tank Battalion , Jan 6, 1941. Promoted Major then LT Colonel Feb. 1, 1943. Killed in action, June 24, 1944, France.
Awarded the Silver Star
Columbia University, class of 1920
Brooklyn Eagle, July 19, 1944, page 7, obituary & death notice.
The Knickerbocker News, July, 17, 1944, obituary
( research credit linda robinson )
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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