Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
South Carolina
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
LIEUTENANT. SERVED WITH THE 71ST ENGINEERING BATTALION, 71ST PHILIPPINO DIVISION. CAPTURED WHEN THE AMERICAN FORCES SURRENDERED IN 1942. SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. INTERNED AS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR AT SEVERAL SLAVE LABOR CAMPS. KILLED WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED ON JAPANESE HELL SHIP WHEN SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY THE U.S. NAVY.