Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Lieutenant junior grade and as Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer attached to the Sixteenth Regimental Combat Team, first U.S. Infantry Division, during the assault on the coast of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944, and subsequent advance inland 6 June to 15 June 1944. Awarded the silver star for gallantry in action.