Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Marion, Virginia
Honored By
James Bradford & Sadie Stamper Greer
RECEIVED HIS BAPTISM OF FIRE AGAINST THE DIE-HARD JAPANESE AT NEW GUINEA AND BIAK ISLANDS. FOUGHT WITH THE CRACK 34TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THIS VICTORY DIVISION THROUGH 78 CONSECUTIVE DAYS ON LEYTE, THEN SURVIVED THE BLOODY BATTLE OF HISTORIC BATAAN AND THE RECENT RECORD BREAKING 150 MILE DRIVE ACROSS MINDANAO.