Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Spring, Texas
Honored By
Robert Bensing
Served in the 87th Infantry Division, 345th Regiment, Company K in General Patton's 3rd Army. Combat in the Rhineland Campaign and the Battle of the Bulge. Wounded in the shoulder by German machine gun fire while advancing against German troops in the Ardennes Forest, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. Awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge.