He registered for the WW II draft on 26 June 1942, and he was listed as employed by George Ylonen, in Chicago; no other details were supplied. He was 6' tall; weighed 165 pounds; had brown hair, brown eyes and a 'ruddy' complexion. The service number appearing on the orders we have is not listed in the NARA data base, and a search by name also produced no results.

According to the Veterans Affairs BIRLS data, he entered the service on 03 March 1943 and was released from active duty on 27 September 1945.

We have him listed on the 437th TCG Special Orders #195, dated 27 December 1943. These were the orders generated at Pope Field (Fort Bragg, NC) for the first phase of movement by air and by rail of the 437th personnel to their eventual overseas deployment.