Served in World War I; enlisted in Battery C, 305th U.S. Field Artillery Battalion, 77th U.S. Infantry Division, in the Bronx on October 12, 1917; transferred to Company K, 305th U. S. Infantry Regiment, 77th U.S. Infantry Division on April 11, 1918; served overseas from April 16, 1918 to April 24, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y. on May 17, 1919.