Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Salem, Ohio
Honored By
Tom & Larry Whiteleather
Relationship
Sons
SERVED IN ITALY AS AN AERIAL GUNNER ABOARD A B-24 LIBERATOR WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 304TH BOMB WING, 459TH BOMB GROUP, 757TH BOMB SQUADRON. FLEW 35 MISSIONS OVER CENTRAL EUROPE FROM OCTOBER 1944 THROUGH APRIL 1945. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 6 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.