Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Union, South Carolina
Honored By
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Blanton
PRIVATE, WENT INTO THE ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1942. TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND ALSO CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN. HELPED WITH PROBLEMS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND AFTER 1 YEAR IN SERVICE. THEN AROUND D-DAY WENT INTO NORMANDY, FRANCE. LOST HIS LIFE GOING INTO ST. LO. HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL MEDALS.