Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Greenville, South Carolina
Honored By
Reece Sons
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA. PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY AT CAPE GLOUCESTER, PELELIU ISLAND AND OKINAWA SHIMA RYUKYU ISLAND. SPECIAL MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION CREW LEADER. RANK AT DISCHARGE WAS SERGEANT. ENLISTED JANUARY 6, 1942. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 12, 1945. CHARACTER OF SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT.