Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Helena, Arkansas
TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA. STATIONED AT CAMP FORREST, TENNESSEE AND ALSO SERVED ON COAST PATROL, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNED TO 16TH MECHANIZED CAVALRY SQUADRON IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WOUNDED NEAR TRIER, GERMANY WHILE ATTACHED TO 3RD ARMY. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AND CENTRAL EUROPE AND RHINELAND CAMPAIGN RIBBONS.