Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hazard, Kentucky
Honored By
Donna B. Rigsby
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN ARMY'S HEAVY ARTILLERY FROM JUNE 24, 1940 TO OCTOBER 10, 1945, ATTAINING THE RANK OF SERGEANT (3 STRIPES). HE SERVED ON THE FRONT LINES THE WHOLE TIME IN THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT, MOST NOTABLY IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANDY AND THE RHINELAND.