Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Green Forest, Arkansas
Honored By
Paul G. Collier
ORIGINALLY WITH THE OLD GUARD, 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT AT FORT SNELLING AND FROM THERE TO GREENLAND, 3RD INFANTRY DISBANDED. WAS CHOSEN AS PART OF A CADRE TO RE-FORM 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT AGAIN. THEN OVERSEAS IN BATTALION SEPARATE. STATIONED AT CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA AND FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. OVERSEAS DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945 THROUGH A FLUKE HIS PAPER SHOW CHINA-BURMA-INDIA DUTY. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO WHEN WAR ENDED.