Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Carl Edward Fessel
B-17 RADIO OPERATOR AND AERIAL GUNNER WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 390TH BOMB GROUP, 570TH SQUADRON. SHOT DOWN ON 5TH MISSION OVER AUGSBURG, GERMANY ON APRIL 13, 1944. PRISONER OF WAR, STALAG XVII, AUSTRIA. FORCED MARCH FROM KREMS TO BRAUNAU, AUSTRIA. LIBERATED BY GENERAL PATTON'S ARMY.