Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Roxton, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
Lieutenant, after basic training, 1942, he was put on Cadre for a year. Attending Officers Candidate School, he was commissioned on May 8, 1943. He served with troops at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 91st Division in Oregon, 27th Division in Hawaii, and then joined the 123rd Infantry Regiment during the New Guinea Campaign.