Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Prattville, Alabama
Honored By
Ms. Clara E. Moore
AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. 1942 - CADRE TO CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI, AS DRILL SERGEANT. 1943 - CADRE TO CAMP CLAIBOURNE, LOUISIANA, AS DRILL SERGEANT. 1944 - CAMP HOWZE, TEXAS, AS MASTER SERGEANT. TO FRANCE UNDER GENERAL MARK CLARK, 205TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. WOUNDED IN ACTION EARLY 1945. WAS SENT HOME BACK TO FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. TRANSFERRED TO THE AIR FORCE IN 1948 AND RETIRED IN 1963. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR 12 YEARS AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE FOR 18 YEARS.