Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stroud, Oklahoma
Honored By
Carolyn Hutton, Tom, Tracy and Mitch Poskey
Relationship
Children
SERVED WITH 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN WHICH 27,000 MEN WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED; 6TH HIGHEST OF ALL DIVISIONS. FOUGHT IN THE 900 MILE BLUE RIDGE PATH THROUGH FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. AWARDED 2 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.