Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Birmingham, Alabama
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A CORPORAL IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII WITH THE 8TH ARMORED DIVISION AS A SUPPLY CLERK AND TRUCK DRIVER. HE DROVE A TRUCK DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND A SNIPER’S BULLET MISSED HIS HEAD BY 2” WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PEPPERED WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE.