First Sergeant, Company K, 308th Infantry, 77th Division, United States Army, World War 1. Congressional Medal of Honor awarded in 1919 for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" against the enemy. Wounded while single handedly attacking a machine gun position, he continued to attack, scattering the crew and destroying the position, after which he brought the machine gun and a prisoner back to the allied lines. Argonne Forest, France, October 4, 1918.

Lodge: True Craftsman 202, now Trenton 5
Residence: Trenton