Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Brownsville, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1941 TO 1942 WHEN AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL PERSONALLY BY GENERAL MACARTHUR WHILE THE GENERAL WAS STILL IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE AND SURVIVED.