Decorations: Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Ernie was 5 foot 11 inches tall, weighed 171 pounds, had brown hair and a nice smile. He was 34 years old when he volunteered for service in November of 1942. Having been brought up on a farm on Dean Street in Rockville, he was destined to become an expert equestrian. That is how many of us remember him, riding horses at the Gavin farm on Main Street. So it was no surprise that he joined Troop B, 5th Cavalry. He was killed in action by a gunshot on 4 March, 1944 on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, in the battle for Momote Air Strip. He left his wife Florence, and his children, Sylvia, Owen, Katherine and James.

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