Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Anderson, Indiana
Honored By
James Wilburn Kiser
SERVED AS BALL TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17 ON 15 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. SHOT DOWN ON 1ST RAID ON BERLIN ON MARCH 4, 1944. CAPTURED AND BECAME A POW UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.