Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Waynesboro, Virginia
Honored By
Madeline Fitzgerald Matz
Relationship
Daughter
MAJOR WITH 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION OCTOBER 1942 TO OCTOBER 1945. SAW ACTION AT NORMANDY, BASTOGNE, RUHR RIVER REGION AND BERCHTESGADEN. RECEIVED SILVER STAR, BRONZE STAR AND 2 PURPLE HEARTS. HONOREE DID NOT RETURN; IS BURIED AT THE EPINAL U.S. MILITARY CEMETERY IN EPINAL, FRANCE.