Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Frostburg, Maryland
Honored By
Heather Rogers
Relationship
Daughter
8TH AIR FORCE, 487TH BOMBER GROUP, 838TH SQUADRON, 3RD DIVISION. BALL TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17 IN LAVENHAM, ENGLAND. CHOSEN FOR A LEAD CREW IN THE HIGH SQUADRON, BECAME A WAIST GUNNER. SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY ON JANUARY 14, 1945. SPENT REST OF WAR IN DULAG LUFT, STALAG 13D NUREMBERG AND STALAG 7A MOOSEBURG.