Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Lake Arthur, Louisiana
Honored By
Dorothy
Relationship
Wife
ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO THE 12TH MARINE REGIMENT, 3RD MARINE DIVISION. SERVED IN THE ARTILLERY UNIT WHICH WAS ISSUED 75 MM GUNS. SERVED IN BOUGAINVILLE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN 1944. LATER PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND WAS ASSIGNED DUTY AS A FORWARD OBSERVER.