Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert M. Gatewood
Relationship
Fellow Townsman
SERVED FROM AUGUST 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1945 AS A SUPPLY CLERK TYPIST, CORPORAL. PARTICIPATED IN THE ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES, PO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.