Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bluff City, Tennessee
Honored By
Earl L. Feathers
Relationship
Brother
SERVED WITH 75TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WENT INTO BATTLE CHRISTMAS DAY, 1944, AND WAS CAPTURED 20 JANUARY 1945. SPENT TIME IN STALAG 13-D UNTIL FREED IN JULY 1945. WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS. SERVED FIFTY-EIGHT MONTHS. WAS ONE OF FIRST FIVE DRAFTEES FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. ENTERED SERVICE IN JANUARY 1941. DIED IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 1999.