Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Whigham, Georgia
Honored By
American Legion Post 122
CAMPAIGNS: NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. SERGEANT, COMPANY C, 48TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION. PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL (CAPTURED BY GERMAN FORCES), PURPLE HEART (WOUNDED NEAR METZ, FRANCE OCTOBER 1, 1944), EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.