Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Robertsdale, Alabama
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
LIEUTENANT. BOMBARDIER 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. HE WAS INJURED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CRASH-LANDED, DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE, ON A COMBAT MISSION TO THE MOOSBIERBAUM OIL REFINERY NEAR VIENNA, AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31, 1945. HE WAS EVACUATED TO BARI, ITALY ON MARCH 28, 1945.