Soldier Details

Division:

Army
197 Coast Artillery

Highest Rank:

Sergeant

Theater of Operation:

Pacific

Served:

Aug 4, 1941 - Jul 14, 1945

Honored By:

Children of Sgt. Miles

Biography

Dad served in New Guinea in Graves Registration. He had three bouts with malaria, and was sent to Perth for R & R. There he met my mother Doris. Haywood returned to embalming school when he was sent home in 1945. He was in the funeral business until his death in 1983.