Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Queen's County, New York
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
LIEUTENANT. CO-PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1944, WHILE RETURNING FROM A COMBAT MISSION OVER THE ADRIATIC, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, EVADED CAPTURE AND RETURNED TO DUTY.