Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Calumet, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH F-TROOP, 124TH CAVALRY REGIMENT (SPECIAL). ENTERED COMBAT IN BURMA IN OCTOBER 1944. PART OF THE FORCE THAT ESTABLISHED ROADBLOCKS ALONG THE BURMA ROAD AND MARCHED SOME 300 MILES IN ENEMY TERRITORY WHILE HAVING TO RELY ON AIRDROP RESUPPLY. WITHDRAWN FROM COMBAT AND FLOWN OUT OF BURMA TO CHINA IN EARLY MAY 1945.