Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tignall, Georgia
INDUCTED INTO U.S. ARMY IN NOVEMBER 1943. ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 34831721. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI WITH 65TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ASSIGNED TO 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION. DEPLOYED TO EUROPEAN THEATRE IN SEPTEMBER 1944 WITH THE 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 3RD ARMY. SERVED IN THREE MAJOR BATTLES IN NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. RECEIVED THREE BRONZE STARS. RETURNED TO U.S. IN JULY 1945. SERVED WITH COMPANY I, 324TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 6TH SERVICE COMMAND AS A RECRUITING NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. DISCHARGED MARCH 1946; TECHNICAL SERGEANT.