Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Paris, Tennessee
Honored By
Ms. Sheila Pulley
Relationship
Daughter-in-law
1st Marine Division, 1st Regiment, 1st Battalion, Baker Company. Served under Colonel Lewis B. Puller. Served December 14, 1941 to September 6, 1945. In the Foreign Service June 22, 1942 to July 7, 1944. Was in the initial landing force on Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands, on August 7, 1942. Left that area on December 21, 1942. Captured at Cape Glouster airfields on December 26, 1943.