Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Berea, Kentucky
Honored By
Richard E. Powell
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED IN THE 199TH COMBAT ENGINEERS BATTALION OF THE 3RD ARMY. LANDED ON NORMANDY DURING D-DAY INVASION. HELPED THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE FROM FRANCE TO THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE WINTER OF 1944-1945, SEEING MUCH ACTION IN THE ARDENNES AND THROUGHOUT BELGIUM.