Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Honored By
James O. Sweeny
ENTERED INTO ACTIVE DUTY AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY IN EARLY 1943. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY A, 15TH SIGNAL TRAINING REGIMENT. TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS, ESCORTING GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE STATES. ALSO HAD THE EXTRACURRICULAR ASSIGNMENT OF DIRECTING THE COMPANY'S VICTORY GARDEN PROJECT. REMAINED IN THE RESERVES FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1946.