Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Delco, North Carolina
Honored By
David F. Hobbs
Relationship
Son
ASSIGNED TO 82ND CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION, UNATTACHED. HE WAS LATER ATTACHED TO 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION AND FOUGHT IN GUADALCANAL, ARUNDEL, KOLOMBANGARA AND NEW GEORGIA. WHILE ATTACHED TO 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT BOUGAINVILLE, HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY A SNIPER ON MARCH 18, 1944. HE SURVIVED THE WAR.