Private, 1st class, Machine Gun Btn., Co. C, 30th Div., 115th Reg.; of Martin County; son of L. R. and Mrs. Matilda F. Browning. Entered service Sept. 19, 1917, at Williamson, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., to Camp Mills, N. J. Sailed for France. Fought at Cambrai, Meuse-Argonne. Sent to General Hospital No. 72. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 3, 1919.