Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Napa, California
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
STAFF SERGEANT. FLIGHT ENGINEER AND GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR NAMED 'QUANTO COSTA'. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 782ND SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON OCTOBER 11, 1944 ON A COMBAT MISSION TO VIENNA, AUSTRIA. KILLED IN ACTION IN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.