Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ruston, Louisiana
Honored By
Donna Fallin Waltz, Barbara Fallin Monzingo & James David Fallin
Relationship
Children
U.S. ARMY, 69TH DIVISION, 272ND INFANTRY, COMPANY H. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY JANUARY 1944. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA; HAD MORE TRAINING AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. SHIPPED OUT OF CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY. BATTLE OF LEIPZIG IN CENTRAL GERMANY, BATTLE OF ARDENNES, SIEGFRIED LINE, CROSSED THE RHINE AT REMAGEN, RECAPTURED FORTRESS EHRENBREITSTEIN. IN THE FIRST UNIT TO MEET THE RUSSIAN ARMY AT THE ELBE RIVER. DISCHARGED FROM CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI IN 1946.