Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Springdale, Arkansas
Honored By
Dorothy, Jimmy, Billy Jack, Robert Joseph
Relationship
Wife and Sons
AS A MEDIC, HE SERVED IN AFRICA AND ITALY AS A STAFF SERGEANT WITH THE 47TH BOMB GROUP, 12TH AIR FORCE. HE AND TWO OTHER MEDICS FORMED A MUSICAL TRIO, CONSISTING OF A FIDDLE, A GUITAR, AND A BASS, TO HEAL THE SPIRITS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS.