Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
SERGEANT. RADIO OPERATOR AND WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR NAMED 'LOVEY'S DOVIES'. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 781ST SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON OCTOBER 13, 1944 ON A COMBAT MISSION TO BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY. BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR.