Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Danville, Virginia
Honored By
Family and NC Triangle Flight of Honor
SEPTEMBER 1943-MARCH 1946 ARMY BASIC TRAINING; ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM, 100TH INFANTRY DIVISION FT. BRAGG. OVERSEAS OCTOBER 1944 TO MARSEILLES FRANCE. COMBAT IN ALSACE-LORRAINE FRANCE, ARDENNES GERMANY, MANNHEIM TO HEILBRONN-STUTTGART TO WARS END. RIFLEMAN, SQUAD LEADER. HOSPITALIZED IN PARIS WITH HEPATITIS. TRAINED FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN, TRANSFERRED TO 504TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, GOPPIGEN GERMANY. RETURNED TO USA MARCH 1946. COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR, FRANCE/GERMANY BATTLE STARS, BATTALION CITATION.