Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Chapman, Alabama
Honored By
Martha A. Williams
Relationship
Daughter
ONE OF 2,221 AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM SUPPORT UNITS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE WITH FRONT-LINE INFANTRY UNITS WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WHITE-ONLY. (DECEMBER 16, 1944 TO JANUARY 16, 1945).