Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hickory, North Carolina
Honored By
Mr. Howard P. Fulbright
INDUCTED JUNE 1944, BASIC TRAINING AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. DEPLOYED TO EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN FEBRUARY 1945. JOINED 9TH ARMORED DIVISION AT REMAGEN, GERMANY, AND SERVED TO END OF WAR. WOUNDED WHILE ON GUARD DUTY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN MAY 1945. GUNNER ON MEDIUM TANK.