Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Courtland, Virginia
Honored By
Milton T. Futrell, Jr.
Relationship
Son
SERVED AS A PHARMACIST WITH 2ND PLATOON, 39TH FIELD HOSPITAL ATTACHED TO THE 9TH AIR FORCE. WAS THE FIRST FIELD HOSPITAL TO REACH NORMANDY, FRANCE, LANDING ON OMAHA BEACH ON JUNE 10, 1944. CAMPAIGNED THROUGH NORMANDY, WESTERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE.