Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Madill, Oklahoma
Honored By
James B. Evans
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED AS RIFLEMAN IN COMPANY G, 109TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION. FOUGHT IN THE HUERTGEN FOREST, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND CAPTURED IN THE COLMAR POCKET OF FRANCE ON JANUARY 27, 1945. SPENT 3 MONTHS AS POW IN GERMANY BEFORE RETURNING HOME FROM EUROPE. PROMOTED TO RANK OF CORPORAL AND SERVED AS RIFLEMAN INSTRUCTOR AT CAMP HOOD, TEXAS.