Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Seneca, Missouri
Honored By
Marietta
Relationship
Wife
DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1944 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA. WENT OVERSEAS IN MAY 1944 AND ASSIGNED TO 165TH REGIMENT, 27TH INFANTRY DIVISION. SERVED IN OKINAWA AND THEN MOVED TO OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. DIVISION DISBANDED AND TRANSFERRED TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS BEFORE BEING SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER, 1945.