Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Sellersburg, Indiana
Honored By
Mitzi Schireman
Relationship
Sister
INDUCTED IN FEBRUARY,1941.HE WAS THEN STATIONED AT HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. HE GRADUATED FROM NAVIGATION SCHOOL AT MONROE, LOUISIANA IN 1942. HE WAS THEN STATIONED AT GREENVILLE,SOUTH CAROLINA FROM 1943 TO 1944.HE ACCOMPANIED PRINCESS JULIANA OF NETHERLANDS ON HER TOUR IN 1944. HE WAS THEN STATIONED AT OAHU, HAWAII UNTIL 1945.HE DIED NEAR GUAM APRIL 5, 1945, WHEN THE PLANE WHEN DOWN AT SEA. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED.