Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Senatobia, Mississippi
Honored By
William H. Wallace
Relationship
Brother
SERVED IN COMPANY F, 334TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 9TH U.S. ARMY IN GERMANY. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS ON 18 NOVEMBER 1944, AND WAS HELD AT STALAG XIB AT FALLINGBOSTEL, GERMANY. HE WAS LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH IN APRIL 1945 AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE ARMY ON 22 JUNE 1945. HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR FROSTBITE.