Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
LIEUTENANT. NAVIGATOR ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 780TH SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ON 2 DECEMBER 1944 ON A COMBAT MISSION TO BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY AND CRASH LANDED BEHIND RUSSIAN LINES. HE WAS EVACUATED TO BARI, ITALY ON 20 DECEMBER 1944.