Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wellington, Alabama
Honored By
Lisa Hill Gowins
Relationship
Daughter
RECEIVED TRAINING AT FT. EUSTIS, VIRGINIA AND SERVED IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND CALEDONIA BEGINNING IN 1941. LATER SERVED UNDER GENERAL MACARTHUR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND NEW GUINEA UNTIL 1946. DURING THAT TIME, HE CONTRACTED MALARIA AND NEARLY DIED.