Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Honored By
Adolph Warnecke
Drafted in October 1942. Volunteered for parachute troops. 82nd Airborne Division, Infantry; jumped into Normandy, June 6, 1944, Sergeant. Received battlefield commission to 2nd Lieutenant. Jumped into Holland September 17, 1944 and went through the Battle of the Bulge.