Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gainesville, Georgia
Honored By
Jamie Crumley Boggs
Relationship
Daughter
DRAFTED ON MAY 20, 1944. TRAINED IN SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA WITH COMPANY D, 29TH INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION IN AUGUST 1944. THEN HE WAS SHIPPED TO FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI AND LATER SHIPPED TO FRANCE FOR COMBAT DUTY. FOUGHT IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. HE WAS IN GERMANY WHEN THE WAR ENDED. DISCHARGED ON APRIL 11, 1946. MEMBER OF THE 70TH INFANTRY DIVISION.