Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Jeanerette, Louisiana
Honored By
Eugene H. Dykes, Jr. & Family
U.S. ARMY, 6TH RANGERS BATTALION, COMPANY F; SERVED FROM 1943 THROUGH 1945. PARTICIPATED IN PRE-INVASION LANDINGS ON DINAGAT ISLAND, LEYTE GULF, LUZON ISLAND AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION IN MANILA LIBERATION. LIBERATOR AT CABANATUAN POW CAMP; PARTICIPATED IN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN.