Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Smithville, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA, HE SERVED WITH THE 97TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 386TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY IN GERMANY, POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 1945, AND IN JAPAN FOLLOWING THE WAR. DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT.