Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Henderson, Texas
PRIVATE 1ST CLASS, ASSIGNED TO THE 106TH INFANTRY, U.S. ARMY, 81ST MORTAR BATTALION AS AN AMMUNITIONS CARRIER. PRISONER OF WAR FROM THE FALL OF 1945 TO SPRING OF 1946 IN GERMANY AT STALAG 9B, BAD ORB. LIBERATED BY PATTON. RECEIVED THE SHARPSHOOTER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.