Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
McAlester, Oklahoma
Honored By
Betty Jo & Jess Hay
DRAFTED 1942 AND SENT FROM FORT SILL TO CAMP BARKELEY, TEXAS FOR EARLY TRAINING. TRAINED AND SERVED WITH THE NEW 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM SPRING 1943 UNTIL WOUNDED AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED ON JUNE 6, 1944 DURING THE NORMANDY INVASION.