Rank: Corporal
Unit: 42d Cavalry Recon Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Date of birth: 27 February 1923
Hometown: North Carolina
Campaign: WWII
Died: 4 September 1944
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Saxon-Sion, France
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Place of interment: Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington, North Carolina
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