Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bellflower, California
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
SERGEANT. BALL TURRET GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR NAMED 'EASY MAID'. 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 MISSION TO BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY. BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT NEAR TUCHOW, POLAND. CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR.