Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Delta, Ohio
Honored By
American Legion Post 587
JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI; HARLINGEN AIR FORCE, TEXAS; GUNNERY SCHOOL MOUNTAIN HOME ARMY AIR BASE, MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO; 476TH BOMB SQUADRON, 392ND BOMB GROUP, B-24 LIBERATOR E-709. SHOT DOWN MARCH 24, 1945 NEAR WESSEL, GERMANY ON 14TH MISSION. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS WAS FREED BY THE 101ST AIRBORNE THAT SAME DAY.