His military service was spent as a noncommissioned officer in the headquarters company of the 108th Infantry, 27th Division New York National Guard, from 1916 to 1919. He saw service on the Mexican border in 1916-1917. In World War I his unit was attached to the British Fourth Army in Northern France and Belgium and took part in battles at St. Quentin and Ypres. He was recently awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of his service on French soil. After being discharged from the Army, he pursued a career in the printing trade until his retirement in 1964.
Funeral arrangements are private.
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