Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Friendship, Wisconsin
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
1ST LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A PILOT ABOARD THE B-24 'JACKPINE JOE' WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 780TH SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE IN ITALY. SHOT DOWN JULY 19, 1944. HE ESCAPED FROM THE SWISS INTERNMENT CAMP BACK TO ALLIED CONTROL.