Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
ENLISTED ON 16 December 1941 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SERVED AS A SERGEANT WITH THE 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, in action DURING 1943 IN Sicily. AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL FOR HIS GALLANTRY IN ACTION AND THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.