Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wytheville, Virginia
Honored By
Martha W. Cheek
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED IN 1943; VOLUNTEERED FOR 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. EMBARKED TO ENGLAND; REPLACEMENT FOR D-DAY CASUALTIES. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. JUMPED INTO HOLLAND IN THE ARNHEIM JUMP; WOUNDED IN COMBAT. PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF BERLIN POST SURRENDER OF GERMANY. DISCHARGED 1945.