Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Clay County, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SERGEANT WITH THE 347TH BOMB SQUADRON, 99TH BOMB GROUP FLYING B-17 AIRCRAFT OUT OF ITALY. KILLED IN ACTION ON DECEMBER 9, 1944. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY IN FLORA, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN THAT CITY.