Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
New Cumberland, West Virginia
U.S. ARMY, 1943-1945. FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A TANK DRIVER WITH BATTERY 'B', 400TH ARMORED FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 9TH DIVISION. EARNED THE AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED AS A TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE/CORPORAL IN DECEMBER 1945 AT FT. GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND.