Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wilsonburg, West Virginia
Honored By
Geneva J. Collier
MEMBER OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE. SERVED IN GERMANY AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN BELGIUM. He served in WWII in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper and was later transferred to the 101st Airborne Division. He jumped behind enemy lines on D-Day and in Sicily, Italy, Anzio Beach, the Battle of the Bulge, the Bridges of Holland and behind German lines across the Rhine River in Germany. He was a Corporal when discharged in 1945. He reenlisted in 1947.