Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Harmony, North Carolina
Honored By
Mary Feimster
Relationship
Spouse
SERVED FROM AUGUST 1941 - JUNE 1946. STATIONED AT FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA WHEN HE ENTERED. A GUNNER AND WAS STATIONED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA; FORT BLISS, TEXAS AND FORT STEWART IN GEORGIA. ALSO SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WOUNDED IN LUXEMBOURG IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL.