Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Gastonia, North Carolina
Honored By
James L. & Margaret A. Clonts
HE WAS DEPLOYED TO GUADALCANAL TEMPORARILY DURING A MILITARY STAGING PROCESS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND SERVED WITH THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN KNOWN AS THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, CODENAMED OPERATION ICEBERG, BEGINNING 1 APRIL 1945.