Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Columbia, Missouri
Honored By
Linda L. Walter
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE. RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND AIR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HE WAS WITH THE 486TH BOMB GROUP OUT OF SUDBURY, ENGLAND, STATION 174. ENLISTED 1943. DISCHARGED 1945. HE WAS ON A B-17. ALSO TAUGHT AT THE 482TH BOMB GROUP IN ALCONBURY.