Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Campbellsville, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
He was an Ammunition Handler with Company A, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, fought in the Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns, was wounded on 26 September 1943 in Italy and on 27 June 1944 in France for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.