Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
McAlester, Oklahoma
Honored By
Randall S. McDaniel
SERVED WITH THE U.S. ARMY 808TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION AS BATTERY COMMANDER. HE LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH IN JULY 1944 FOLLOWING THE D-DAY INVASION AND SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.