Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
STAFF SERGEANT. SERVED WITH COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 117TH INFANTRY, 30TH DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION ON JULY 30, 1944. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE PURPLE HEART.