Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Morganton, North Carolina
Honored By
Mr. Clyde Baird
Relationship
Brother
He volunteered at the age of 18 years old for the Marines. He was sent to the Pacific and then to to Iwo Jima. He was killed in action in WWII on March 4, 1945, never seeing a picture of his newborn son.