Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fuquay Springs, North Carolina
Honored By
Sarah Beasley Wheatley
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED FROM 1939 TO 1945. GUN CREWMAN, LIGHT ARTILLERY (SECTION CHIEF). IN CHARGE OF A 10-MAN CREW OPERATING A 105MM HOWITZER, GIVING SUPPORT TO INFANTRY REGIMENTS ON THE FORWARD LINES, AND ESTABLISHING FIRE-POWER TO DESTROY ENEMY POSITIONS IMPREGNABLE TO SMALL-ARMS ONSLAUGHT IN SAAR AND THROUGH GERMANY. SEPARATION AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA.