Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tipton County, Tennessee
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'GERMANY' CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR.