Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Jamaica, New York
Honored By
Kathleen P. Svagdis
Relationship
Niece
ENLISTED U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. TRAINED IN ILLINOIS AS AIRPLANE MECHANIC. COMPLETED HIS MASTER DEGREE IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA. RECEIVED FIGHTER PILOT TRAINING IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA. ASSIGNED TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER. REASSIGNED TO PUERTO RICO FOR AIR PATROL. KILLED IN PLANE CRASH DECEMBER 1944.