Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ozark, Alabama
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
SERGEANT. FLIGHT ENGINEER AND GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 782ND SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1944, WHILE RETURNING FROM A COMBAT MISSION TO AN OIL REFINERY IN OSWIECEM, POLAND, HE BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. DIED ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1944.