Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Honored By
John Joseph Bienick
Relationship
Nephew
STAFF SERGEANT, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, FLIGHT ENGINEER. WHILE STATIONED AT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS HE VOLUNTEERED AS A REPLACEMENT ON A MISSION. THE PLANE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. CRASHED AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS ON JULY 1, 1945, KILLING ALL ABOARD. BURIED WITH CREW MEMBERS AT FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, TEXAS.