Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Eureka, Illinois
Honored By
The Perrine & Stiers Families
CO-PILOTED B-24-J LIBERATORS OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE OUT OF GROTTAGLIE, ITALY AS MEMBER OF 449TH BOMB SQUADRON. FLEW MULTIPLE MISSIONS OVER PLOESTI, ROMANIA AND WEINER-NEUSTADT, AUSTRIA. ATTAINED THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT. SHOT DOWN IN MAY 1944. INTERNED IN STALAG LUFT III. LIBERATED IN APRIL 1945.