Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Taylor, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Captain and as acting Leader of an Assault Platoon of Company I, Third Battalion, Twenty-second Marines (Reinforced), First Provisional Marine Brigade, Third Amphibious Corps during action against enemy Japanese forces on Guam, Mariana Islands during 1944. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action and the purple heart.