Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Garfield Heights, Ohio
Honored By
Robert Arthur Fowle
Relationship
Self
SERVED FROM MARCH 1943 TO AUGUST 1945 WITH THE 9TH AIR FORCE, 410TH BOMB GROUP, 645TH BOMB SQUADRON. GUNNER ON A-20 AIRCRAFT, 49 MISSIONS, SHOT DOWN JANUARY 2, 1945 - 5 MONTHS POW IN GERMANY. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES AND AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 5 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, AIR MEDAL WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND 1 SILVER CLUSTER.