Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cumberland, Maryland
Honored By
Mrs. Emma A. Walker
STATIONED WITH THE 55TH COAST ARTILLERY ON THE DAY PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED. HELPED TO DESTROY TWO JAPANESE PLANES THAT DAY. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ALL OF WWII. WAS A PRISONER OF THE JAPANESE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. RETIRED FROM THE ARMY FEBRUARY 1963, AT RANK OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER II.