Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Middletown, Ohio
Honored By
Melissa Weber Coyle
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1942. ARRIVED OVERSEAS IN JUNE 1943. SERVED IN THE 1402ND ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. BASED AT AIRFIELDS IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, THEN ON TO NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE AND GERMANY. AWARDED 3 BRONZE STARS. HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN DECEMBER 1945. CONTINUED IN RESERVES FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS.