Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Waterloo, Iowa
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
1ST LIEUTENANT. PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 781ST SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HE BAILED OUT OF HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES ON A COMBAT MISSION TO AN OIL REFINERY IN BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY ON DECEMBER 17, 1944. HE WAS EVACUATED BY FRIENDLY FORCES TO BARI, ITALY ON JANUARY 14, 1945.