Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Edna Caudill
SERVED FROM MARCH 1943 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. TRAINED AS A GUNNER ON TANK DESTROYER BUT WAS TRANSFERRED TO INFANTRY WHEN WAR ENDED IN AFRICA. FOUGHT WITH 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN FRANCE AND ALSACE. WAS WOUNDED FEBRUARY 19, 1945. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AND UNIT CITATION FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE.