Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Plainview, Texas
Honored By
Lanny Voss
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT IN 1937. UNIT WAS MOBILIZED INTO THE REGULAR ARMY IN OCTOBER 1940. WAS DUE TO BE DISCHARGED IN 1941 WHEN THE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR. MEMBER OF THE 666TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION. UNIT SERVED IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY WITH THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION OF THE THIRD ARMY.