Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Polk County, North Carolina
Honored By
Douglas Hayes
Relationship
Nephew
STAFF SERGEANT. COMPANY B, 38TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION. KILLED IN GERMANY ON APRIL 15, 1945. PARTICIPATED IN THE CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR (POSTHUMOUSLY), COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE (POSTHUMOUSLY), THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.