Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Columbiz, South Carolina
Honored By
Nancy F. Stiehr
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED 1931-1945. COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED AT UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY JUNE 6, 1944. INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF HUERTGEN FOREST, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, LIBERATION OF PARIS AUGUST 22, 1944. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR WITH CLUSTER, 5 BATTLE STARS, 1 INVASION ARROW, PURPLE HEART, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AND THE BELGIUM FOURRAGERE AWARD.