Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cookeville, Tennessee
Honored By
Daryhl K. Murphy
Relationship
Son
SERVED AS MOTOR SERGEANT FOR HEADQUARTERS COMPANY OF THE 728TH AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR BATTALION DURING THE INVASION OF LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THE RYUKYUS CAMPAIGN ON OKINAWA AND TSUKEN JIMA. HE WAS ON MINDORA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHEN THE WAR ENDED, AUGUST 1945.