Rank: Second Lieutenant
Unit: 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 29 December 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Date of birth: 1921
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
College: 3 years of college
Married: Single, with dependents
Campaign: WWII
Died: 24 August 1944
Age at death: 22 or 23
Cause of death: Died of wounds received in action
Location of fatality: Les Ormes, France
Place of interment: Brittany American Cemetery in St James, France
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Note: He stood 5’9 1/2″ and weighed 164 pounds with brown eyes, brown hair, and ruddy complexion.
He was attending the University of Tennessee Medical school when called up for the draft according to his draft card.
His signature from his draft card.