Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Salem, Oregon
Honored By
William, Loretta, Lorene & Kenneth
Relationship
Children
PRISONER OF WAR, OCTOBER 14, 1943 (BLACK THURSDAY) TO MAY 1945. SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY. INCARCERATED FIRST AT STALAG LUFT VI AND EVACUATED TO STALAG LUFT IV. SURVIVOR OF 600 MILE, 86 DAY DEATH MARCH. RECIPIENT OF TWO PURPLE HEARTS, ONE AIR MEDAL AND ONE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.