Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Thomasville, Georgia
Honored By
Nancy Herndon
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON IWO JIMA. HE WAS AT THE FLAG RAISING. ONE OF 80 TO WALK OFF OF IWO JIMA UNINJURED OUT OF THOUSANDS WHO WERE THERE. SERVED OCTOBER 1943 TO MAY 1946 WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, 28TH MARINES.