Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cairo, Georgia
Honored By
American Legion Post 122
CHAPLIN, 2ND BATTALION, 168TH REGIMENT, 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 5TH ARMY. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, SILVER STAR. PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED TUNISIA, FEBRUARY 17, 1943. STALAG III. HE CONDUCTED MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THE EXECUTED PRISONERS WHEN THEIR CREMATED REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO STALAG III. LIBERATED SUNDAY APRIL 29, 1945.