Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hawthorne, California
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, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON 4 OCTOBER 1944 ON A COMBAT MISSION TO MUNICH, GERMANY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AS HIS AIRCRAFT EXPLODED IN MID-AIR.