Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cypress Crossroads, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN FEBRUARY 1941. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WAS SERVING IN CHINA WHEN THE WAR ENDED. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. REMAINED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.