Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ventura, California
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
LIEUTENANT. CO-PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB WING, 782ND SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON A COMBAT MISSION TO BRUX, GERMANY ON DECEMBER 16, 1944. BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR.