Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Talladega, Alabama
Honored By
Mrs. Fletcher Wilson
Relationship
Wife
Joined the Marines in January 1942, after 6 weeks basic training at San Diego, was sent to Guadalcanal. Wounded in October 1942 and was first sent to a hospital in the Fiji Islands, then Mare Island, then California and then Seattle, Washington. After a year in hospitals, received a medical discharge. Received a Purple Heart.