Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Blue Diamond, Kentucky
Honored By
David E. Lane, Sr.
Relationship
Friend
SERVED IN EUROPE DURING THE WAR AS A WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR AND SUPPLY SERGEANT. ALSO SAW ACTION IN FRANCE AND THE LIBERATION OF BERLIN. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, RUPTURED DUCK BUTTON, THE LIBERATION OF BERLIN RIBBON AND THE SHARP SHOOTER MEDAL WITH THE RIFLE; 30 CALIBER CARBINE AND .45 PISTOL.