Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Odessa, Texas
Honored By
Nephew
FOUGHT IN EUROPE AND WAS SHOT TWICE, THROWN IN A FOXHOLE WITH HIS BUDDIES, WHERE THE ENEMY FIRED INTO THE FOXHOLE, PUTTING 5 MORE BULLETS INTO HIM AND KILLING HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS. HE WAS LEFT FOR DEAD, UNTIL FOUND BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SURVIVED.