Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a 2nd Lieutenant and as a Platoon Leader of Company C, Second Battalion, Twenty-third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, on 8 March 1945. Awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the purple heart.