Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Crail Hope, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
He was a Rifleman with Company C, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. saw combat in the Rhineland, Central Europe and Ardennes Campaigns. He was twice wounded in Luxembourg on 10 and 11 January 1945 for which he wears the Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.