Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hot Springs, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
WORKED AT A MARYLAND DEFENSE PLANT, AND ALSO WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, PRIOR TO ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944, SERVED DURING THE WAR, AND AFTER THE END OF THE WAR WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF FIRST SERGEANT.