During World War I he enlisted on September 24, 1917, in the United States Regular Army and served overseas as a sergeant until after the Armistice, when he was made a battalion sergeant major in the 124th Field Artillery, 33rd Infantry Division, being discharged June 8, 1919.

In 1930 he engaged in the investment brokerage business in Chicago.

He resumed the investment brokerage business until his retirement in 1958.

He resided in Cocoa Beach, Florida until his death there and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago.

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