Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Robert Lee, Texas
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
FIRST LIEUTENANT AND PILOT ON THE 6TH B-25 BOMBER THAT TOOK OFF FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET FOR THE DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYO, JAPAN APRIL 18, 1942. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AND EXECUTED ON OCTOBER 15, 1942 AT KIANGWAN PRISON, SHANGHAI, CHINA. DECORATIONS INCLUDE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, PURPLE HEART (POSTHUMOUS) AND THE CHINESE BREAST ORDER OF PAO TING.