Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Moore, Texas
Honored By
Ismael Rangel
ENTERED SERVICE JULY 1943, TRAINING AT KANSAS WITH 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION, APRIL 1944. LANDED IN SCOTLAND, DEPARTED PLYMOUTH ENGLAND AND LANDED AT UTAH BEACH ON JUNE 14, 1944, WOUNDED SEPTEMBER 1944. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR WITH V AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. SERVED IN KOREA AND RETIRED AUGUST 1969 AS COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR, E-9.