Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Dunnellon, Florida
Honored By
Grateful American
SERVED AS A CORPORAL AND A MORTAR CREWMAN IN THE INITIAL LANDING OF THE THIRD MARINE DIVISION AT THE EMPRESS AUGUST BAY AREA ON THE THEN-HELD JAPANESE ISLAND OF BOUGAINVILLE, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1946.