Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gainesville, Florida
Honored By
B. T. Green
Relationship
Grandson
CORPORAL, SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN AUGUST 1944, AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER 1944, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART AND OAK LEAF CLUSTER, RESPECTIVELY. HE WAS THEN CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED UNTIL THE WAR'S END FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.