Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Calhoun County, West Virginia
Honored By
Calhoun Historical Society
COMPANY L, 359TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION, THIRD ARMY. INDUCTED JANUARY 9, 1943. TRAINED AT FORT MCCLELLAND, ALABAMA; FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN WITH 76TH SKI TROOPS, A DISBANDED UNIT, THEN WENT WITH 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GENERAL PATTON'S ARMY. SENT OVERSEAS IN APRIL 1944. KILLED IN ACTION IN GERMANY NOVEMBER 10, 1944. BURIED AT LIMEY, FRANCE AND LATER REBURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.