Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fort Stockton, Texas
Honored By
Comanche Springs Chapt. D.A.R.
IN CHERBOURG, FRANCE, LANDING SEPTEMBER 1944. PART OF THE 44TH DIVISION. INITIALLY A SCOUT, ELEVATED TO SQUAD LEADER AND STAFF SERGEANT. PURSUIT OF GERMAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE RETREATING AFTER D-DAY AND CAPTURE OF MANNHEIM. BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON.