Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Watertown, South Dakota
Honored By
Hermina Frederick
Relationship
Wife
Flight engineer 5th Air Force, C-47, supporting Allied ground troops on New Guinea, 1942 to 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Returned to United State due to recurring jungle malaria. Instructor at Baer Field, Indiana, until end of war.